# Bytes not showing proper human readable

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143 "2021-03-03T17:36:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/1 "2021-03-03T17:36:37Z")

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I have daily value which is in bytes but not properly getting converted to Human readable format

{ "totalsize": 17439122738118656 }

this is = 17.4 PB

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/f/4f3b1f2472fa1172a5e5113fc40dffbba7c45aa6.png)

now when I try to draw that up in kibana it shows only 15.5PB.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/2/721c6a09331bab1b58f491ce05e48c2b7854db2c.png)

What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/2 "2021-03-03T18:05:37Z")

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> [@elasticforme](#):
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> 17439122738118656

We are actually showing Pebibytes the actual calculation of Bytes

Pb = 17439122738118656 / 1024^5 = 15.489052474498749

 ![Screen Shot 2021-03-03 at 9.46.01 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/4/1473a6f0a40b13fe6036547a495f1b0593a7cdc4.png)

So technically the the Label / Units should be PiB I suppose...

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/3 "2021-03-03T18:44:12Z")

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> [@stephenb](#):
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> Pebibytes

is there something I can do to show up actual petabyte which is everyone is used to seeing.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/4 "2021-03-03T18:46:08Z")

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You should be able to get the right label

What version are you using.

Kibana -\> Stack Management -\> Advance Settings

 ![Screen Shot 2021-03-03 at 10.31.04 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/7/177277afc89a1a01782c29287ab37f991eb5f09f.png)

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/5 "2021-03-03T18:55:58Z")

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I had only b putting bb will give me Pib but is there a way to make it "Petabyte" and not "pebibyte"

I am using 7.10.1

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/6 "2021-03-03T19:05:47Z")

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Ahh see here

> **[Numeral Formatting | Kibana Guide \[7.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.11/numeral.html)**

You can format as you desire.

You can use `0,0.[0]bd` will display what you want... just make sure you understand the differences...

[https://docs.ukcloud.com/articles/other/other-ref-gib.html](https://docs.ukcloud.com/articles/other/other-ref-gib.html)

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/7 "2021-03-03T19:11:54Z")

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You are Star @stephenb

That is exactly I needed.

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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:** [March 31, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-not-showing-proper-human-readable/266143/8 "2021-03-31T19:12:53Z")

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