WOLFRAM

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center

$ProgressReporting

is a settable global variable that specifies the default progress reporting method.

Details
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
See Also
Related Guides
History
Cite this Page

$ProgressReporting

$ProgressReporting

is a settable global variable that specifies the default progress reporting method.

Details

  • Typical settings for $ProgressReporting include:
  • Trueshow a dynamically updating graphical panel
    Falsedo not report any information
    Automaticautomatically determine whether to report progress

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Many video operations display a progress indicator:

Wolfram Language code: v = Video["ExampleData/bullfinch.mkv"]; VideoMap[ColorConvert[#Image, "Grayscale"]&, v];

Perform the operation without displaying the progress panel:

Wolfram Language code: Block[{$ProgressReporting = False}, VideoMap[ColorConvert[#Image, "Grayscale"]&, v]];
Wolfram Research (2021), $ProgressReporting, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ProgressReporting.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2021), $ProgressReporting, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ProgressReporting.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2021. "$ProgressReporting." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ProgressReporting.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2021). $ProgressReporting. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ProgressReporting.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_$progressreporting, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$ProgressReporting}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ProgressReporting.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_$progressreporting, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$ProgressReporting}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ProgressReporting.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}