# Set different color level when CPU hits high usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-different-color-level-when-cpu-hits-high-usage/52823>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 15, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-different-color-level-when-cpu-hits-high-usage/52823 "2016-06-15T07:35:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-different-color-level-when-cpu-hits-high-usage/52823/1 "2016-06-15T07:35:31Z")

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I have been using topbeat to collect data on CPU usage and have created a simple chart for monitoring it, How can I set in kibana that if the CPU Usage rate touches 80%, then the color will be yellow, and 95% for red?

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-different-color-level-when-cpu-hits-high-usage/52823/2 "2016-06-15T15:47:48Z")

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There isn't a way to do this with charts currently. The best option I can think of currently is manually changing the chart color by clicking on an item in the legend. If you're interested in filing a feature request, it can be done at [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues)

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**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-different-color-level-when-cpu-hits-high-usage/52823/3 "2016-06-16T02:35:46Z")

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How about if I set percentiles range for that? I have tried to set percentile on 80% and 95%, however, they didnt seem to give me the right things though. What does the percentile actually represents?

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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 6, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-different-color-level-when-cpu-hits-high-usage/52823/4 "2017-07-06T13:50:23Z")

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