# How to i get specific process name by metricbeat?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-i-get-specific-process-name-by-metricbeat/206768>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [November 6, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-i-get-specific-process-name-by-metricbeat/206768 "2019-11-06T10:05:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Yungyoung\_Ok](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yungyoung_ok/32/43465_2.png) [@Yungyoung\_Ok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yungyoung_Ok)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-i-get-specific-process-name-by-metricbeat/206768/1 "2019-11-06T10:05:14Z")

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In general, the metric bits come from the process name java, python, etc.  
But, i want to get specific process name.

is it possible?

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**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:** [November 7, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-i-get-specific-process-name-by-metricbeat/206768/2 "2019-11-07T13:24:14Z")

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Are you using Kibana dashboard or Discover in Kibana for the process name?

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**Author:** ![Yungyoung\_Ok](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yungyoung_ok/32/43465_2.png) [@Yungyoung\_Ok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yungyoung_Ok)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-i-get-specific-process-name-by-metricbeat/206768/3 "2019-11-08T06:43:17Z")

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sure  
i want to show detail process name in dashboard.

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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:** [December 6, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-i-get-specific-process-name-by-metricbeat/206768/4 "2019-12-06T06:43:19Z")

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