# Monitoring Indices stats

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/monitoring-indices-stats/14859>\
**Category:** OpenSearch Dashboards\
**Tags:** discuss\
**Created:** [June 28, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/monitoring-indices-stats/14859 "2023-06-28T07:21:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poonam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Poonam](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Poonam)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/monitoring-indices-stats/14859/1 "2023-06-28T07:21:43Z")

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How to build custom monitoring opensearch dashboard to showcase index related stats for all existing indices.

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**Author:** ![radu.gheorghe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/radu.gheorghe/32/3516_2.png) [@radu.gheorghe](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/radu.gheorghe)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/monitoring-indices-stats/14859/2 "2023-06-29T09:18:37Z")

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I think it’s a matter of:

- collecting the metrics from the `/_stats` endpoint
- sending them to OpenSearch in a separate index
- building the dashboard to plot these metrics. Note that some metrics are cumulative, so you’ll need a serial diff

If you’re looking for something already built, check our [OpenSearch Monitoring Integration](https://sematext.com/docs/integration/opensearch/). I’m responsible for most of it, so feel free to reach out if you have any questions 🙂