# In Metricbeat have provided the process monitoring list in system.yml but not getting process stats in the kibana dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-metricbeat-have-provided-the-process-monitoring-list-in-system-yml-but-not-getting-process-stats-in-the-kibana-dashboard/327183>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-metricbeat-have-provided-the-process-monitoring-list-in-system-yml-but-not-getting-process-stats-in-the-kibana-dashboard/327183 "2023-03-07T14:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![sourabh\_rawat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sourabh_rawat/32/113832_2.png) [@sourabh\_rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sourabh_rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-metricbeat-have-provided-the-process-monitoring-list-in-system-yml-but-not-getting-process-stats-in-the-kibana-dashboard/327183/1 "2023-03-07T14:03:44Z")

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Hi I have provided the list of processes to get monitored on my system but I am not getting stats for one of the processes for other listed processes I am getting data but. My system.yml is below

```auto
# Module: system
# Docs: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/8.6/metricbeat-module-system.html

- module: system
  period: 30s
  metricsets:
    - cpu
    - load
    - memory
    - network
    - process
    - process_summary
    - socket_summary
    #- entropy
    #- core
    - diskio
    #- socket
    #- service
    #- users
  processes: ['BBEdit', 'TextEdit', 'kvoop', 'xyz']
  # Configure the metric types that are included by these metricsets.
  process.include_top_n:
    # Set to false to disable this feature and include all processes
    enabled: false

```

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**Author:** ![Wave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wave/32/117242_2.png) [@Wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wave)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-metricbeat-have-provided-the-process-monitoring-list-in-system-yml-but-not-getting-process-stats-in-the-kibana-dashboard/327183/2 "2023-03-23T17:48:45Z")

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Hi @sourabh_rawat,  
Just [read](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-system.html#_process) that if metricbeat is running as a less privileged user it might not be able to read info about other user's processes. Could that be the issue?

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**Author:** ![sourabh\_rawat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sourabh_rawat/32/113832_2.png) [@sourabh\_rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sourabh_rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-metricbeat-have-provided-the-process-monitoring-list-in-system-yml-but-not-getting-process-stats-in-the-kibana-dashboard/327183/3 "2023-03-24T03:53:08Z")

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Hi @Wave,  
Thanks for your reply. The metricbeat is running as root and my process is running in the current user context.

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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:** [April 21, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-metricbeat-have-provided-the-process-monitoring-list-in-system-yml-but-not-getting-process-stats-in-the-kibana-dashboard/327183/4 "2023-04-21T05:53:28Z")

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