# How often metricbeat system process sends data in elasticsearch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [December 6, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-often-metricbeat-system-process-sends-data-in-elasticsearch/159672 "2018-12-06T07:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![inhinyera16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inhinyera16/32/61625_2.png) [@inhinyera16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inhinyera16)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-often-metricbeat-system-process-sends-data-in-elasticsearch/159672/1 "2018-12-06T07:56:14Z")
Hi, i wanted to know if there are some sort of configuration in metricbeat.yml where we can send the system process say every 10 seconds? ---
**Author:** ![Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaiyan_sheng/32/38247_2.png) [@Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaiyan_Sheng)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-often-metricbeat-system-process-sends-data-in-elasticsearch/159672/2 "2018-12-06T16:21:03Z")
Hello! The configuration parameter you are looking for is called `period` but that is not a global value for metricbeat. It is for each individual module. You can see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-reference-yml.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-reference-yml.html) for more details. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-often-metricbeat-system-process-sends-data-in-elasticsearch/159672/3 "2019-01-03T16:21:05Z")
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