# Can we see how many users are active on the terminal server through Metricbeat

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-see-how-many-users-are-active-on-the-terminal-server-through-metricbeat/249453
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-see-how-many-users-are-active-on-the-terminal-server-through-metricbeat/249453 "2020-09-22T06:12:37Z")
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### Author: ![pankaj0172](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@pankaj0172](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pankaj0172)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-see-how-many-users-are-active-on-the-terminal-server-through-metricbeat/249453/1 "2020-09-22T06:12:37Z")

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Hi,

Can someone please let me know what does meant by user in Cpu usage graph?

Can we see how many users are active on terminal server through metricbeat or other beats?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/d/3d16d914327356b8df52a59e093e530ce2f621d3.png)

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### Author: ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-see-how-many-users-are-active-on-the-terminal-server-through-metricbeat/249453/2 "2020-09-25T15:22:37Z")

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"User" shows how much time the CPU spends executing programs in the userspace:

> The term **userland** (or user space) refers to all code that runs outside the operating system's kernel. Userland usually refers to the various programs and [libraries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)) that the operating system uses to interact with the kernel: software that performs [input/output](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output), manipulates [file system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system) objects, [application software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software), etc.

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### Author: ![pankaj0172](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@pankaj0172](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pankaj0172)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-see-how-many-users-are-active-on-the-terminal-server-through-metricbeat/249453/3 "2020-09-25T16:10:23Z")

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Ok thanks for explaining it.. is there any way can see how many users are active on the server through metricbeat?

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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: [October 23, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-see-how-many-users-are-active-on-the-terminal-server-through-metricbeat/249453/4 "2020-10-23T16:10:23Z")

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