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title: Paraview
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## Environment Settings{#enviroment}
### Software Version and System Requirements{#version}
The Paraviews shown in the table below are available.
|Version | Module File Name | System A |System B/C | System G | Cloud System | Note
|--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
|1.1.2 | paraview/5.11.0 | + | + | + | + |
\+ : Available for all users
\- : Not available
## Software Overview {#overview}
Paraview is an open source software that allows users to analyze and visualize data.
It can read a wide variety of data formats, and by using the server/client method, it can also process large data sets.
## How to Use{#usage}
### Setting Up Environment (Executing the module Command)
Set up the environment by executing the `module` command. (Load the version of the module file which you want to use.)
```nohighlight
$ module load paraview
```
### How to Start (stand-alone method) {#run_standalone}
Execute the following command to start Paraview. Please refer to Interactive Processing (/run/interactive) for details on the tssrun command.
```nohighlight
$ tssrun -p gr19999b --x11 paraview
## The part *gr19999b* in the example must be changed to your own queue name.
## If you are not a personal or group course user, please enter "eb".
```
#### Use of threaded parallel computing {#openmp}
If you want to start Paraview using multiple cores or threads, you can use the --rsc
option to specify the number of cores to be used and number of threads in parallel.
```nohighlight
## Example: When starting with 4 cores and 4 threads
$ tssrun -p gr19999b --rsc c=4:t=4 --x11 paraview
## The part *gr19999b* in the example must be changed to your own queue name.
## If you are not a personal or group course user, please enter "eb".
```
### How to Start (server-client method) {#run_server_client}
ParavView's server-client mode can reduce the time required to analyze / visualize large data sets and expands the amount of data that can be analyzed / visualized at one time.
1. Execute the following command to start Paraview's server function.
```nohighlight
## 4 processes in MPI parallel, 10 cores per process and 4 threads allocated
$ tssrun -p gr19999b --rsc p=4:c=10:t=10 pvserver --force-offscreen-rendering
## The part *gr19999b* in the example must be changed to your own queue name.
## If you are not a personal or group course user, please enter "eb".
```
If the server function starts without problems, the console outputs the followings.
```nohighlight
Waiting for client...
Connection URL: cs://xb9999:11111
Accepting connection(s): xb9999:11111
```
The `Connection URL: cs://xb9999:11111` displayed is the host name and port information where the Paraview server function is running.
Please keep this information as it will be used in Section 5.
2. Launch a new console and start Paraview's client functions.
```nohighlight
## Example: Starting with 4 cores and 4 threads
$ tssrun -p gr19999b --rsc c=4:t=4 --x11 paraview
## The part *gr19999b* in the example must be changed to your own queue name.
## If you are not a personal or group course user, please enter "eb".
```
3. Once ParaView is started, press the area circled in blue and display the Window for connecting to the server.
![](01_paraview_base.png?lightbox=80%&resize=500)
4. The administration screen of the server to be connected will be displayed, press the area circled in red.
![](02_choose_server.png?lightbox=80%&resize=500)
5. The new setup screen of the server will be displayed.In the text box labeled Host,
if the information displayed in Section 1. is **cs://xb9999:11111**, enter `xb9999-ib0` ( **hostname** + **-ib0**) .
In the text box labeled Port, if the information displayed in Section 1. is **cs://xb9999:11111**, enter `11111` (standby port number).
After completing the input, click the button marked "Configure" (circled in red).
![](03_edit_serverinfo.png?lightbox=80%&resize=500)
6. When the client is started, a screen for selecting whether or not to automatically connect to the server is displayed.
Select "Manual (default)" for "Startup Type" and click the button marked "Save" (circled in red).
![](04_save_serverinfo.png?lightbox=80%&resize=500)
7. When you return to the server selection screen, make sure that the server set in Section 5 is selected, and click on "Connect" (circled in red).
![](05_connect_server.png?lightbox=80%&resize=500)
With the above steps, some of the analysis/visualization processes will be available using a server launched with MPI parallelism.