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# TSMonitorSet
Sets an ADDITIONAL function that is to be used at every timestep to display the iteration's progress.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscts.h"
PetscErrorCode TSMonitorSet(TS ts, PetscErrorCode (*monitor)(TS, PetscInt, PetscReal, Vec, void *), void *mctx, PetscErrorCode (*mdestroy)(void **))
```
Logically Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***ts -*** the `TS` context obtained from `TSCreate()`
- ***monitor -*** monitoring routine
- ***mctx -*** [optional] user-defined context for private data for the monitor routine (use `NULL` if no context is desired)
- ***monitordestroy -*** [optional] routine that frees monitor context (may be `NULL`)
## Calling sequence of `monitor`
```none
PetscErrorCode monitor(TS ts, PetscInt steps, PetscReal time, Vec u, void *mctx)
```
- ***ts -*** the `TS` context
- ***steps -*** iteration number (after the final time step the monitor routine may be called with a step of -1, this indicates the solution has been interpolated to this time)
- ***time -*** current time
- ***u -*** current iterate
- ***mctx -*** [optional] monitoring context
## Note
This routine adds an additional monitor to the list of monitors that already has been loaded.
## Fortran Note
Only a single monitor function can be set for each `TS` object
## See Also
[](ch_ts), `TSMonitorDefault()`, `TSMonitorCancel()`, `TSDMSwarmMonitorMoments()`, `TSMonitorExtreme()`, `TSMonitorDrawSolution()`,
`TSMonitorDrawSolutionPhase()`, `TSMonitorDrawSolutionFunction()`, `TSMonitorDrawError()`, `TSMonitorSolution()`, `TSMonitorSolutionVTK()`,
`TSMonitorLGSolution()`, `TSMonitorLGError()`, `TSMonitorSPSwarmSolution()`, `TSMonitorError()`, `TSMonitorEnvelope()`, `TSDMSwarmMonitorMoments()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/ts/interface/tsmon.c
## Examples
src/ts/tutorials/ex11.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex11_sa.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex12.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex14.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex16.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex16fwd.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex18.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex19.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex2.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20adj.c
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