# Metricbeat to show network packets over time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-show-network-packets-over-time/149709>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 24, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-show-network-packets-over-time/149709 "2018-09-24T16:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drav3nmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Drav3nmc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Drav3nmc)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-show-network-packets-over-time/149709/4 "2018-09-25T15:04:17Z")

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I have found this and it answers what i want to acheive

> [@Kibana visualize network bandwidth from metribeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualize-network-bandwidth-from-metribeat/84698/4):
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> You will probably have more success using Timelion in this case. .es(index="metricbeat-\*", metric="max:system.network.in.bytes", split="system.network.name:10", kibana=true).derivative().scale\_interval(1s).if(operator="lt", if=0, then=0).trim(start=2,end=1).label(regex="^.\* system.network.name:(.+) \> .\*$", label="$1").lines(width=2).yaxis(label="bytes / sec", min=0) Lets break this down a bit... .es( index="metricbeat-\*", metric="max:system.network.in.bytes", split="system.network.name:…

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