# Can we use 2 metrics under a data table on the same column?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473 "2018-02-26T10:54:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nishanth\_Thavarajah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nishanth\_Thavarajah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nishanth_Thavarajah)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473/1 "2018-02-26T10:54:28Z")

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Hello,

I have several query to implement under a same data table. The problem is that i have some query on metric "count" and some others on metric "unique count". Can i do it under the same column easely?

2 possibility maybe :

- under metric using json input ?
- under filters maybe? something like "unique count(ACTIVITY:end)"

 ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/3/d38a89573bf7e8268972807aab81d2611a32f57d.PNG)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473/2 "2018-02-27T23:09:48Z")

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Yeah, just click the "Add Metric" button to add the unique count.

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**Author:** ![Nishanth\_Thavarajah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nishanth\_Thavarajah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nishanth_Thavarajah)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473/3 "2018-02-28T08:59:17Z")

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I noticed this "Add Metric" button but it adds a new column, i want some lines to be with count metric and some others with unique count metric. With your solution i would have 3 columns, query/result for count/result for unique count

Any other solution?

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**Author:** ![Malben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Malben](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Malben)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473/4 "2018-03-08T12:24:12Z")

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Hi,

Any idea ?

Thanks

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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:** [April 5, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-2-metrics-under-a-data-table-on-the-same-column/121473/5 "2018-04-05T12:24:14Z")

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