# Question regarding "current" columns in cat nodes API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-current-columns-in-cat-nodes-api/225959>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-current-columns-in-cat-nodes-api/225959 "2020-03-31T23:42:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![surilshah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/surilshah/32/51796_2.png) [@surilshah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surilshah)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-current-columns-in-cat-nodes-api/225959/1 "2020-03-31T23:42:49Z")

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Are the values that we receive from **current** columns like **indexing.index\_current** and **search.query\_current** , giving instantaneous or per second values?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-current-columns-in-cat-nodes-api/225959/2 "2020-04-01T07:27:03Z")

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Instantaneous. They're the number of indexing/search operations currently running.

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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:** [April 29, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-current-columns-in-cat-nodes-api/225959/3 "2020-04-29T07:27:13Z")

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