# How to calculate growth rate? (metric visualization)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-calculate-growth-rate-metric-visualization/139712>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 12, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-calculate-growth-rate-metric-visualization/139712 "2018-07-12T09:32:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![PhilippeCourtemanche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@PhilippeCourtemanche](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PhilippeCourtemanche)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-calculate-growth-rate-metric-visualization/139712/1 "2018-07-12T09:32:40Z")

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Hi,

I have this graph, which was built with this mysql data. I'd like to be able to calculate the growth rate in the past five months let's say.

I'd like to be able to show this as a number next to a graph. I guess that would be using the "metric" visualization.

How do I do this?

Thanks

 ![graph](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/0/c038583a81908c2f26d7b872e289f5822fc40a48.png) ![mysqldata](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/6/96e6a5aa2325e579ab49d60849413245310bc651.png)

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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:** [August 9, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-calculate-growth-rate-metric-visualization/139712/2 "2018-08-09T09:32:54Z")

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