# How many times (interval/period) do metrics send to elasticsearch? Where i can see these information?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-times-interval-period-do-metrics-send-to-elasticsearch-where-i-can-see-these-information/329851>\
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**Created:** [April 12, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-times-interval-period-do-metrics-send-to-elasticsearch-where-i-can-see-these-information/329851 "2023-04-12T14:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swathi12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Swathi12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swathi12)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-times-interval-period-do-metrics-send-to-elasticsearch-where-i-can-see-these-information/329851/1 "2023-04-12T14:43:50Z")

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Hello community,

how can i see in which interval the metrics from a cluster is sending to elasticsearch?

what is this "period" in metricbeat-kubernetes.yml saying ?

```auto
templates:
            - config:
                - module: kubernetes
                  hosts: ["kube-state-metrics:8080"]
                  **period: 50s**
                  add_metadata: true
                  metricsets:
                    - state_node
                 
               

```

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-times-interval-period-do-metrics-send-to-elasticsearch-where-i-can-see-these-information/329851/2 "2023-04-18T03:39:34Z")

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`period: 50s`

Means the metrics are collected and published every 50 seconds from metricbeat to elasticsearch.

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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:** [May 16, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-times-interval-period-do-metrics-send-to-elasticsearch-where-i-can-see-these-information/329851/3 "2023-05-16T03:40:13Z")

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