# Access metric of a transaction

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-metric-of-a-transaction/214815>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** ruby\
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-metric-of-a-transaction/214815 "2020-01-13T11:34:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sudarshan013](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Sudarshan013](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sudarshan013)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-metric-of-a-transaction/214815/1 "2020-01-13T11:34:10Z")

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_Kibana version_\*: 7.5

**Elasticsearch version** : 7.5

**APM Server version** : 7.5.1

**APM Agent language and version** : Ruby Agent

**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**: DEB

**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?** Fresh Install

How to get the CPU usage of a transaction.

For example: I have a controller called posts\_controller with "index" in my Rails App..  
How shall I get the CPU usage of a specific transaction named Posts\_Controller#index from Elastic APM

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**Author:** ![mikker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikker/32/22118_2.png) [@mikker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikker)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-metric-of-a-transaction/214815/2 "2020-01-13T13:00:17Z")

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I don't know if that is possible. It's not a direct feature of Elastic APM either way.

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**Author:** ![Sudarshan013](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Sudarshan013](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sudarshan013)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-metric-of-a-transaction/214815/3 "2020-01-13T14:54:42Z")

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Ok,thanks @mikker for clearing out !

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-metric-of-a-transaction/214815/4 "2020-02-03T10:54:56Z")

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