# Timelion sum metric by month

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-sum-metric-by-month/68324>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-sum-metric-by-month/68324 "2016-12-07T16:07:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sjivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjivan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-sum-metric-by-month/68324/1 "2016-12-07T16:07:00Z")

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Hi,  
I'd like to have Timelion use a data points that are a sum total for a given period like a month or a quarter. For example company Profit&Loss is reported monthly or quarterly but underlying data is at the granularity of daily P&L.

Using the sum metric the P&L reported is the sum of all daily P&L in the specified time period which is not what I'm looking for.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,  
Sanjiv

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-sum-metric-by-month/68324/2 "2016-12-07T21:35:48Z")

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Hi Sanjiv,

Your Timelion expression wil look like

```auto
.es(metric=sum:profit) .es(metric=sum:loss) 

```

Then you'll want to change the interval to `1M` in the interval drop-down on the right side of the expression input box.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/9/916c6a5883eb312f1d8e96c1ab0349cff39aa091.png)

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**Author:** ![sjivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjivan)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-sum-metric-by-month/68324/3 "2016-12-08T03:43:59Z")

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Perfect! I hadn't fully understood the significance of the time period on the Timelion search bar until now. Thanks!

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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:** [January 5, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-sum-metric-by-month/68324/4 "2017-01-05T03:44:38Z")

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