# Why Metricbeat takes 2 minutes as an interval? **URL:** \ **Category:** Metrics\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\ **Created:** [January 11, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863 "2023-01-11T03:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacksparrow414](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jacksparrow414/32/111161_2.png) [@jacksparrow414](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacksparrow414)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/1 "2023-01-11T03:30:39Z")
I set modules.period is 10s ```yaml metricbeat.modules: - module: logstash hosts: [http://logstash:9600] xpack.enabled: true period: 10s enabled: true ``` But why is the interval of 2 minutes used as the abscissa? ![metricbeat](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/46db38fbab18c516a99a8727b3c24b9104a69ea5.png) ---
**Author:** ![dadiasish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadiasish/32/114221_2.png) [@dadiasish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadiasish)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/2 "2023-01-11T05:37:31Z")
I guess you're actually getting the right values as per your setting. If you consider 20:30 and 20:32 time range, you can see 12 markings between them, i.e., 120sec/10=12. It's only that your X-Axis is showing an 2 mins interval. If you set the x-axis to auto, based on your time rance, the X-Axis values change. You can change this by editing the visualization in more settings. ---
**Author:** ![jacksparrow414](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jacksparrow414/32/111161_2.png) [@jacksparrow414](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacksparrow414)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/3 "2023-01-11T06:03:23Z")
> If you consider 20:30 and 20:32 time range, you can see 12 markings between them, i.e., 120sec/10=12 yes, you're right. > If you set the x-axis to auto, based on your time rance, the X-Axis values change > You can change this by editing the visualization in more settings Where are the two items you mentioned? I didn't find it in Stack Manager \> Kibana \> Advanced Settings \> Visualization ---
**Author:** ![dadiasish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadiasish/32/114221_2.png) [@dadiasish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadiasish)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/4 "2023-01-11T06:13:04Z")
No, you need to go to edit in the dashboard, click on the visualization you want to edit and you get the option to modify the visualization Eg: Go to the Events Received Rate visualization and edit it, you can find X-axis settings. In that you can modify it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/5/55e21fdfa8246fe897faf73a011b6bce88dc2792.png) ---
**Author:** ![jacksparrow414](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jacksparrow414/32/111161_2.png) [@jacksparrow414](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacksparrow414)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/5 "2023-01-11T06:41:53Z")
I added the following configuration in metricbeat.yml ```yaml setup.kibana.host: "kibana:5601" setup.kibana.username: ${ELASTIC_USERNAME} setup.kibana.password: ${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} setup.dashboards.enabled: true ``` I found it created dozens of Visualizes and Dashboard, many of which were unnecessary ![metricbeat-dashboard](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/2/923314a5b59522016265f6e1f79e7650aec28b43.png) no visualization named Events Received Rate found. BTW,Even if I delete all the above dashboards and visualizations, Stack Monitoring display is still normal ---
**Author:** ![jacksparrow414](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jacksparrow414/32/111161_2.png) [@jacksparrow414](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacksparrow414)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/6 "2023-01-11T06:49:30Z")
According to the official documentation [Modules | Metricbeat Reference [8.6] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-modules.html), Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, these Dashboard are not available ---
**Author:** ![jacksparrow414](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jacksparrow414/32/111161_2.png) [@jacksparrow414](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacksparrow414)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/7 "2023-01-11T07:20:01Z")
I found that the x-axis changes with the filter 1 minute ![1-minute](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/f/dfa7f908fa135e6329857a2e9a94e3f438575b14.png) 5 minute ![5-minute](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/d/adc3650d50883dfe7416e35311b373c8473ba62f.png) 15 minute ![15-minute](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/5/2503f992b1340c412e1d04fb021500056dc06930.png) ---
**Author:** ![dadiasish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadiasish/32/114221_2.png) [@dadiasish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadiasish)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/8 "2023-01-11T07:39:16Z")
Yes you are right. That's what I've mentioned in my previous statements. > It's only that your X-Axis is showing an 2 mins interval. If you set the x-axis to auto, based on your time rance, the X-Axis values change. It will be default to Auto, and it changes with your time range. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-metricbeat-takes-2-minutes-as-an-interval/322863/9 "2023-02-08T07:40:03Z")
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