# Show the top abundant ASV composition with interactive bar plots?
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** barplot
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056 "2021-07-01T00:43:14Z")
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### Author:  [@11131](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/11131)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/1 "2021-07-01T00:43:14Z")
Hello,
Could the interactive bar plot created by _qiime taxa barplot_ show only the top abundant ASV or genus among samples?
Thanks!
Hongbin Liu
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### Author:  [@timanix](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/timanix)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/2 "2021-07-01T07:42:40Z")
Hi!
Do you mean, like this?
Just open a visualization in browser, and click on the colors in the legend on taxa you would like to keep, then download an .svg image. You can also download a legend in .svg format and then manipulate it in any svg-editor or by custom scripts to remove unnecessary information.
It is working with genera or any other taxonomy level, but not with ASVs
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### Author:  [@11131](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/11131)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/3 "2021-07-01T08:51:58Z")
Hi timanix！
Thanks for your kind reply!
I mean if I can perform brief filtering according to the average abundance of the ASVs or genus among samples, and so that I could visualize the most abundant ASVs or genus (e.g. top 5, 10, or 20).
Thanks!
Hongbin Liu
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### Author:  [@timanix](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/timanix)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/4 "2021-07-02T07:15:43Z")
> [@11131](#):
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> I mean if I can perform brief filtering according to the average abundance of the ASVs or genus among samples, and so that I could visualize the most abundant ASVs or genus (e.g. top 5, 10, or 20).
Just click on the colors in the legend of top n features and you will get it. But it is for taxonomy units only, not for ASVs
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### Author:  [@11131](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/11131)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/5 "2021-07-02T07:44:13Z")
I see. So if I understand you correctly, you mean that I have to know which taxa are the top ones. The visualization in browser could not calculate and sort the taxa automatically, right?
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### Author:  [@timanix](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/timanix)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/6 "2021-07-02T07:46:18Z")
In browser, your taxa already sorted by average relative abundance across all your samples with most abundant on the top
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/show-the-top-abundant-asv-composition-with-interactive-bar-plots/20056/7 "2021-08-02T13:46:23Z")
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