# Input period

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-period/38427
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [January 5, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-period/38427 "2016-01-05T17:11:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![mryanb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mryanb/32/6974_2.png) [@mryanb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mryanb)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-period/38427/1 "2016-01-05T17:11:05Z")

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With a input period of 10. Should I assume that outputs match that frequency?

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### Author: ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-period/38427/2 "2016-01-05T20:06:56Z")

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using a value of 10, topbeat will try to acquire and send stats every 10 seconds.

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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: [July 5, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-period/38427/3 "2017-07-05T21:57:03Z")

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