# Filebeat: How to convert data from bytes to mb in a Kibana panel?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-convert-data-from-bytes-to-mb-in-a-kibana-panel/287798>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-convert-data-from-bytes-to-mb-in-a-kibana-panel/287798 "2021-10-27T12:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticfran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@elasticfran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticfran)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-convert-data-from-bytes-to-mb-in-a-kibana-panel/287798/1 "2021-10-27T12:55:49Z")

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Hey there!

I am building a panel in Kibana. My source is a field in Filebeat called network.bytes.

Does anyone know how to convert it ( and visualize it ) from bytes to mb or even gb?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ghudgins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ghudgins/32/138532_2.png) [@ghudgins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ghudgins)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-convert-data-from-bytes-to-mb-in-a-kibana-panel/287798/2 "2021-10-27T13:17:47Z")

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Two things come to mind -

idea 1: you could use the "bytes" formatter which will do this in visualizations automatically.

idea 2: force the issue in your data  
If you're on 7.14+ you can use a custom formula to divide by 1024 (as many times as you need to) at runtime... [Create visualizations with Lens | Kibana Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.15/lens.html#lens-formulas)  
...or if you're on 7.13+ you could also define a runtime field to do this division in the index pattern [Manage index pattern data fields | Kibana Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.15/managing-index-patterns.html)

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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 24, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-how-to-convert-data-from-bytes-to-mb-in-a-kibana-panel/287798/3 "2021-11-24T13:18:30Z")

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