# Getting error when performing "diversity core-metrics-phylogenetic"

**URL:** <https://forum.qiime2.org/t/getting-error-when-performing-diversity-core-metrics-phylogenetic/1446>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Tags:** core-metrics\
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/getting-error-when-performing-diversity-core-metrics-phylogenetic/1446 "2017-10-09T16:37:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/ebolyen/32/11_2.png) [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/getting-error-when-performing-diversity-core-metrics-phylogenetic/1446/7 "2018-02-16T16:02:14Z")

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This error has been cleaned up in [QIIME 2 2018.2](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-2018-2-release-is-now-live/3063)! Now the error will explain that it expected an artifact instead of a visualization.

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