Creating Metric Visualizations in Kibana 7.6

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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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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

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."
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."
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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