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Creating Metric Visualizations in Kibana 7.6

Metric visualizations in Kibana are a simple way to really emphasize something about your data. This hands-on lab is dedicated to demonstrating just how powerful a simple metric visualization can be.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Published
Clock icon Jul 20, 2021

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create and Save the "System Load" Metric Visualization

    1. Create a new metric visualization.
    2. Calculate the average of system.load.1, and label it as "Load 1."
    3. Calculate the average of system.load.5, and label it as "Load 5."
    4. Calculate the average of system.load.15, and label it as "Load 15."
    5. Save the visualization as "System Load."

  2. Challenge

    Create and Save the "System Uptime" Metric Visualization

    1. Configure the system.uptime.duration.ms field to display as a human-readable duration.
    2. Create a new metric visualization.
    3. Calculate the max value of system.uptime.duration.ms, and label it as "Uptime."
    4. Save the visualization as "System Uptime."

  3. Challenge

    Create and Save the "System Processes by State" Metric Visualization

    1. Create a new metric visualization.
    2. Compute the count of documents, and label it as "Processes."
    3. Split the metric on the top 5 of system.process.state ordered by the count of documents in descending order and labeled as "State."
    4. Save the visualization as "System Processes by State."
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