# Only show most current docs in Dashboard or Visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-show-most-current-docs-in-dashboard-or-visualization/230785>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 2, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-show-most-current-docs-in-dashboard-or-visualization/230785 "2020-05-02T01:56:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![KoettingSimon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@KoettingSimon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KoettingSimon)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-show-most-current-docs-in-dashboard-or-visualization/230785/2 "2020-05-02T19:43:44Z")

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Hi Craig,  
Yes, this is possible with an metric visualisation which you can add to an dashboard if you want.  
Have a look at this thread:

> [@Display latest value in a „Metric“](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-latest-value-in-a-metric/114930/2):
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> I just wrote this 1 minute ago in another topic. Seems to be the popular question of the day: Metric Aggregation: Top Hit Field: your\_field Aggregate with: concatenate Size: 1 Sort on: @timestamp Order: Descending

Regards,  
Simon

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