# Visualize if process is running?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-if-process-is-running/121862>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-if-process-is-running/121862 "2018-02-28T13:42:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![TomD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@TomD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TomD)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-if-process-is-running/121862/1 "2018-02-28T13:42:43Z")

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Hi

I'm struggling to get kibana to visualize if a process is running. I have metricbeat running and see field system.process.name which seems to fit the bill but I dont know how I can display if it's running at present

Any clues?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-if-process-is-running/121862/2 "2018-02-28T20:00:53Z")

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Hello,

Metricbeat comes with a set of dashboards where you can filter on system.process.name. This is how you configure and load dashboards:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-configuration.html)  
and this is how you load dashboards:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/view-kibana-dashboards.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/view-kibana-dashboards.html)

Now if you pick your particular time in your timepicker - you can look at your data.

You can definitely build your visualizations and dashboards. Above steps hopefully make it easier for you to get started.

 ![system_process_name](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/0/10980db27b75c19e1305a5954192b396040d927b.png)

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![TomD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@TomD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TomD)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-if-process-is-running/121862/3 "2018-02-28T22:32:22Z")

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Hi Bhavya

I have used the Metricbeat dashboards but I would like to just display a YES or a NO in a custom visualisation if a specified process is running. Is this possible?

Thank you

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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:** [March 28, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-if-process-is-running/121862/4 "2018-03-28T22:32:23Z")

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