All courses
Resource hub
Featured resource
Tech Upskilling Playbook 2025
Tech Upskilling Playbook

Build future-ready tech teams and hit key business milestones with seven proven plays from industry leaders.

Learn more
Hamburger Icon
  • Labs icon Lab
  • Cloud
Google Cloud Platform icon
Labs

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.

Get started Contact sales
Google Cloud Platform icon
Labs

Path Info

Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 31, 2025

Contact sales

By filling out this form and clicking submit, you acknowledge our privacy policy.

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."
Pluralsight Skills - Labs - Pluralsight
Author
Pluralsight Skills

Pluralsight Skills gives leaders confidence they have the skills needed to execute technology strategy. Technology teams can benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products. By leveraging our expert content, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics, keep up with the pace of change, put the right people on the right projects and boost productivity. It's the most effective path to developing tech skills at scale.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.
Ready to get started?
View individual plans View team plans