# Filebeat Metrics
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-metrics/98127
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-metrics/98127 "2017-08-23T20:27:17Z")
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### Author:  [@akosmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akosmin)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-metrics/98127/1 "2017-08-23T20:27:17Z")
I know Filebeat can output metrics in its logfile but they appear to only be a subset of what is available via a GET /debug/vars when filebeat is running with -httpprof. If I am correct, I have some questions:
1. Why a subset? It seems there are some important metrics missing such as libbeat.logstash.published\_but\_not\_acked\_events
2. Are there any plans to extend what is output when metrics.enabled is set as True? I checked the release notes for the most current beta and see no activity regarding this.
3. Are there any plans to actually document these metrics anywhere? At this point, a user is left to interpret their meaning based on each metric's name. For some, the meaning many be obvious. For others, not so much.
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-metrics/98127/2 "2017-09-20T20:27:22Z")
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