# System memory usuage in MBytes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-memory-usuage-in-mbytes/58913>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [August 25, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-memory-usuage-in-mbytes/58913 "2016-08-25T10:21:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![prem\_sompura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@prem\_sompura](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prem_sompura)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-memory-usuage-in-mbytes/58913/1 "2016-08-25T10:21:03Z")

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By default metricbeat generate **system.memory.used** in bytes. However I changed the **system.memory.used.bytes** to **system.memory.used.mb** in template and then reloaded the template but all in vain. It wasn't that easy.

I want not this but various metrics to be in **MegaBytes**. What's the right way to achieve this?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-memory-usuage-in-mbytes/58913/2 "2016-08-26T07:13:30Z")

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The best way to do this is using the fields formatter in Kibana. You can select the Bytes formatter and it should do all the magic for you: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-fields.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-fields.html)

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**Author:** ![monica](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/monica/32/3696_2.png) [@monica](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-memory-usuage-in-mbytes/58913/3 "2016-08-26T07:57:49Z")

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Starting with the next release the Kibana index-pattern includes the format of each field exported by Metricbeat, so you can see in Kibana the bytes in MB, KB, the percentages in 50% format, etc.

Until the next release, the easier option would be to set in Kibana the format of the `system.memory.used.bytes` to Bytes: Management -\> Index patterns -\> metricbeat-\* -\> search for `system.memory.used.bytes` -\> edit -\> set the Format to Bytes.

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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:** [September 15, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-memory-usuage-in-mbytes/58913/4 "2016-09-15T10:21:14Z")

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