# Topbeat processes name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/topbeat-processes-name/87464>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [May 29, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/topbeat-processes-name/87464 "2017-05-29T13:46:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![marcmga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@marcmga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marcmga)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/topbeat-processes-name/87464/1 "2017-05-29T13:46:48Z")

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Hi,

My question is simple. Topbeat sends information to elasticsearch and it is showed through kibana.  
I don't know why, i have some process names that are numbers.  
I checked on the server where topbeat is installed if there's any process named: 0, 8, 1... but it isn't

IS there any explanation for that? is it "normal" if so, which process are those?

Thanks indeed

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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/topbeat-processes-name/87464/2 "2017-05-30T09:27:46Z")

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That sounds somewhat strange, but I'd recommend moving to Metricbeat 5.x. It's a superset of what Topbeat does, and it works with ES 2.x.

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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:** [June 19, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/topbeat-processes-name/87464/3 "2017-06-19T13:47:16Z")

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