{"id":178952,"date":"2023-08-25T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:15:40","slug":"how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These values can be activated by the following TUI command:  \/solve\/set\/expert  One option listed here is:  &#8220;Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]&#8221; This option has to be set to &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;y&#8221;.  Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created.  Now the residuals of all solved equations can be accessed and postprocessed within Fluent, see Screenshot1. They can also be used for convergence monitors.  If you want to store the residuals in your data file, you have to adjust the data file quantities (File > Data File Quantities) see Screenshot2.  <\/p>\n<p>Attachments:<br \/>\n1. <a href=https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-3\/2041045\/2041045_Screenshot1.PNG>2041045_Screenshot1.PNG<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href= https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-3\/2041045\/2041045_Screenshot2.PNG>2041045_Screenshot2.PNG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-178952","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-16-2","topic-tag-fluent","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-general-fluent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: &quot;Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]&quot; This option has to be set to &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;y&quot;. Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: &quot;Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]&quot; This option has to be set to &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;y&quot;. Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: &quot;Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]&quot; This option has to be set to &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;y&quot;. Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluent\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"fluent\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluent\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"fluent\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluent\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluent\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"fluent\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\\\/\",\"name\":\"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \\\/solve\\\/set\\\/expert One option listed here is: \\\"Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]\\\" This option has to be set to \\\"yes\\\" or \\\"y\\\". Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: \"Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]\" This option has to be set to \"yes\" or \"y\". Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluent\/#listItem","name":"fluent"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluent\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"fluent","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluent\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/#listItem","name":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluent\/#listItem","name":"fluent"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/","name":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: \"Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]\" This option has to be set to \"yes\" or \"y\". Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: &quot;Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]&quot; This option has to be set to &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;y&quot;. Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/","article:published_time":"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-08-25T12:15:40+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"These values can be activated by the following TUI command: \/solve\/set\/expert One option listed here is: &quot;Save cell residuals for post-processing? [no]&quot; This option has to be set to &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;y&quot;. Afterwards you have to do one dummy iteration so that the specific data fields are created. Now the residuals of all solved equations"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"178952","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-18 02:08:30","updated":"2026-07-30 06:27:51","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluent\/\" title=\"fluent\">fluent<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHow do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"fluent","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluent\/"},{"label":"How do I get access to the residual values for each cell in my flow domain?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-get-access-to-the-residual-values-for-each-cell-in-my-flow-domain\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"siebel_km_number":["2041045"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["8\/25\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"application_name":["FLUENT"],"family":["Fluid Dynamics"],"km_published_date":["2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z"],"product_version":["16"],"_btv_view_count":["4558"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/178952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/178952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}