# In ES how can we find that which process is going currently if cpu load is high

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-es-how-can-we-find-that-which-process-is-going-currently-if-cpu-load-is-high/204057>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-es-how-can-we-find-that-which-process-is-going-currently-if-cpu-load-is-high/204057 "2019-10-17T13:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ekta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ekta/32/55987_2.png) [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-es-how-can-we-find-that-which-process-is-going-currently-if-cpu-load-is-high/204057/1 "2019-10-17T13:00:28Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I m new in ES,  
I want to that which process is currently running when CPU load is high or any time.

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**Author:** ![HenningAndersen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/henningandersen/32/48188_2.png) [@HenningAndersen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HenningAndersen)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-es-how-can-we-find-that-which-process-is-going-currently-if-cpu-load-is-high/204057/2 "2019-10-25T11:04:13Z")

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Hi @Ekta,

good places to start are the [nodes hot threads](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.4/cluster-nodes-hot-threads.html) and [tasks](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.4/tasks.html) APIs.

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**Author:** ![Ekta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ekta/32/55987_2.png) [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-es-how-can-we-find-that-which-process-is-going-currently-if-cpu-load-is-high/204057/3 "2019-11-05T14:12:33Z")

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Thanks Henning

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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 3, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-es-how-can-we-find-that-which-process-is-going-currently-if-cpu-load-is-high/204057/4 "2019-12-03T14:12:33Z")

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