# Metrics on Throttle Plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 24, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metrics-on-throttle-plugin/58841 "2016-08-24T15:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devkmsg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/devkmsg/32/5850_2.png) [@devkmsg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devkmsg)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metrics-on-throttle-plugin/58841/1 "2016-08-24T15:46:35Z")
I'm interested in knowing how many times a particular key was throttled. I've been poking at this problem for the better part of a week now and the only thing I have been able to come up with is being able to determine if an event is throttled or not. Am I missing something really obvious? Thanks in advance! -Andrew ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metrics-on-throttle-plugin/58841/2 "2016-08-26T09:26:38Z")
You may need to use the [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-metrics.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-metrics.html) filter before the throttle one to get an idea of total through put, then again after to get a count at that point, then compare. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metrics-on-throttle-plugin/58841/3 "2017-07-06T04:41:28Z")