# Trying to display a number visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 24, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739 "2018-09-24T21:26:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shani\_angarkadu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shani_angarkadu/32/50638_2.png) [@shani\_angarkadu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shani_angarkadu)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739/1 "2018-09-24T21:26:21Z")

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I want to display a key and value from elastic search on kibana visualization as a metric.

example :

```auto
results.count : 5 (in elasticsearch result)

On Visualisation, want to display 5 

```

Thank you

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739/2 "2018-09-25T03:32:11Z")

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Are you looking for something like the Metric visualization? It will allow you to display a count for use on a dashboard.

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**Author:** ![shani\_angarkadu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shani_angarkadu/32/50638_2.png) [@shani\_angarkadu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shani_angarkadu)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739/3 "2018-09-25T04:27:43Z")

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Yes something like metric , guage.

All they are showing the count of records , average of the values etc.  
But not able to use the exact value

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739/4 "2018-09-25T04:46:10Z")

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Ah, I see - visualizations operate on aggregates of values, not individual documents.

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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:** [October 23, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-display-a-number-visualization/149739/5 "2018-10-23T04:46:11Z")

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