# Displaying the selected time interval as a metric visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588 "2018-10-09T09:24:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nikhil\_Utane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhil_utane/32/27547_2.png) [@Nikhil\_Utane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikhil_Utane)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588/1 "2018-10-09T09:24:42Z")

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Hi,

I want to show a simple metric visualization which will display the selected time interval in human readable format.

For e.g. if user selects time interval as 5 PM to 7 PM, then the viz. should display "2 hours".

I am preparing a report and would like to show the test duration clearly on the dashboard.

Thanks  
Nikhil

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588/2 "2018-10-11T12:54:42Z")

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This isn't really possible with the current visualizations in Kibana. You could have a static value in a Markdown, or if you are comfortable with JS development, a 10-15 line plugin visualization could achieve this.

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**Author:** ![Nikhil\_Utane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhil_utane/32/27547_2.png) [@Nikhil\_Utane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikhil_Utane)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588/3 "2018-10-12T10:49:30Z")

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Thanks Marius. About time I delve into custom plugin development.  
Just checking, if Vega visualization can help in this?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588/4 "2018-10-14T14:36:11Z")

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i think it should be able to help, but I'm not that good with it. ☹

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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:** [November 11, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-selected-time-interval-as-a-metric-visualization/151588/5 "2018-11-11T14:37:00Z")

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