# How to add 2 metrics together?

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764 "2018-12-12T07:19:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jrplusone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jrplusone](https://community.grafana.com/u/jrplusone)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764/1 "2018-12-12T07:19:48Z")

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I have 2 numeric metrics:  
server1: 16  
server2: 20

how do i add them together for use in graphs so that it shows server1+server2=36 as the value?

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**Author:** ![adeverteuil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/adeverteuil/32/6799_2.png) [@adeverteuil](https://community.grafana.com/u/adeverteuil)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764/2 "2018-12-17T13:32:21Z")

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What is your data source type?

Each data source has its own query language to do this, and some don’t support arithmetic between multiple metrics.

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**Author:** ![jrplusone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jrplusone](https://community.grafana.com/u/jrplusone)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764/3 "2019-01-04T07:11:04Z")

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data source is from elasticsearch. does elasticsearch data source support arithmetic between multiple metrics?

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**Author:** ![jalaltabatabaii](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/jalaltabatabaii/32/29244_2.png) [@jalaltabatabaii](https://community.grafana.com/u/jalaltabatabaii)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764/4 "2020-11-12T20:35:05Z")

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i have this issue too.hadn’t grafana any solution for it?

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**Author:** ![gurpartapsbhatti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@gurpartapsbhatti](https://community.grafana.com/u/gurpartapsbhatti)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-add-2-metrics-together/12764/5 "2020-11-12T20:43:35Z")

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Have you looked at Transformations for Visualization panels?

> **[Overview](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels/transformations/)**
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> Transformations overview Transformations process the result set of a query before it’s passed on for visualization. They allow you to rename fields, join …