# Monitoring Beats: Instance list too short

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-beats-instance-list-too-short/136833>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-beats-instance-list-too-short/136833 "2018-06-21T11:09:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kaem2111](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaem2111/32/24961_2.png) [@kaem2111](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaem2111)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-beats-instance-list-too-short/136833/1 "2018-06-21T11:09:23Z")

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As you see here:

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/9/09e2b19f08aa5d55d26525f56651d4060f8adc00.png)

Total beats are **64** (instead of metric 64 + file 63 + winlog 1 = 128), so only the newest half of all beats are shown in the list (see 1-20 of **64** , I would expect 1-20 of **128)**.

Moreover the list is fluctuating over time: sometimes 60 file- and 4 metricbeats are shown 5 minutes later it is vice versa.

Even if you use 'Filter beats' to show only e.q. metricbeats the number of really shown metricbeats vary from 0 to 64.

My recommendation is to extend the list that all beats can fit into it.

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**Author:** ![Magnus\_Kessler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnus_kessler/32/42001_2.png) [@Magnus\_Kessler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Magnus_Kessler)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-beats-instance-list-too-short/136833/2 "2018-06-22T14:48:55Z")

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Thank you for reporting this issue. Could you please also add it to [Kibana's bug tracker](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues)? That will ensure better visibility for the development team.

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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 20, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-beats-instance-list-too-short/136833/3 "2018-07-20T14:48:58Z")

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