# Show FieldData in Models

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/show-fielddata-in-models/40515
**Category:** Feature requests
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/show-fielddata-in-models/40515 "2024-12-04T21:27:21Z")
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### Author: ![phcerdan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/phcerdan/32/1559_2.png) [@phcerdan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/phcerdan)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/show-fielddata-in-models/40515/1 "2024-12-04T21:27:21Z")

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The only way to pass metadata along a pipeline in VTK is with FieldData.

> **[\[Solved\] Adding metadata to a vtkInformation or a grid object flowing through...](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/solved-adding-metadata-to-a-vtkinformation-or-a-grid-object-flowing-through-the-pipeline/318)**
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> Hello, I need to retrieve some metadata (user information e.g. distances in meters) related to a data object (e.g. vtkImageData) in my Paraview’s filters plugins. I noticed that a filter’s output is shallow copied in the filter next to it,...

FieldData is not associated to vertices or edges on the Mesh.

Slicer has no way, up to my knowledge to show the FieldData of a vtk file. Paraview shows it in the Information tab. I wonder if we could add that to the information tab in Models as well:

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