# I want to create a gauge that displays number of documents in a certain timeslice vs total documents
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [December 29, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601 "2017-12-29T15:33:11Z")
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### Author:  [@anchasis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anchasis)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/1 "2017-12-29T15:33:11Z")
I am using Kibana 6.0 and fail to create a gauge that visualizes the number of documents that fall withing a timeslice timestampfield:[now-1y TO now] compared to the total number of documents without slicing. How to best approach this? I could not find a good tutorial online
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### Author:  [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/2 "2017-12-29T17:00:58Z")
Hi,
I think goal chart will work for you. You can add the number of total documents in ranges under options. Check and let me know?
Thanks,
Bhavya
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### Author:  [@anchasis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anchasis)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/3 "2017-12-29T18:07:42Z")
Hi, but will this work if the number of total documents changes over time? This would imply that I always have to update the range manually
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### Author:  [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/4 "2017-12-29T23:10:19Z")
Ah. You do have to update it manually.
@thomasneirynck any ideas?
Thanks,
Bhavya
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### Author:  [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/5 "2017-12-29T23:35:03Z")
hi @anchasis @bhavyarm,
this isn't possible with the current gauge, comparing two metrics in the same gauge.
There's other charts you can make to compare these. You can make two bar-charts and position them next to each other on a dashboard: one for the total number of charts, and the other for the selection.
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### Author:  [@anchasis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anchasis)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/6 "2017-12-30T10:43:00Z")
Thank you for your answer. I will take that as a solution.
Is there anything else I can do, for example with the "Visual Builder" for example?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-create-a-gauge-that-displays-number-of-documents-in-a-certain-timeslice-vs-total-documents/113601/7 "2018-01-27T10:43:25Z")
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