Technologies/Elasticsearch/elasticsearch.index.operations.time
ElasticsearchElasticsearchMetric

elasticsearch.index.operations.time

Index operation time
Dimensions:None
Available on:PrometheusPrometheus (19)DynatraceDynatrace (17)DatadogDatadog (24)OpenTelemetryOpenTelemetry (1)

Summary

Measures the cumulative time spent on index operations including indexing, deletion, and merging activities. This counter-type metric tracks total operation duration since node startup. Sharp increases in the rate of change indicate indexing slowdowns, which may result from merge throttling, disk I/O saturation, or CPU contention during document analysis and indexing phases.

Interface Metrics (61)
PrometheusPrometheus
Total suggest time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Flush time in seconds
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Cumulative flush time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent flushing the index to disk.
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Merge time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Search suggest time in seconds
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total search suggest time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total search suggest count
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total search suggest count
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of external index refreshes on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total external refresh count
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Warmer time in seconds
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total warmer time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total flush count
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total flush count
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total merge count
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total merge count
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total refresh count
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total refresh count
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total warmer count
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total warmer count
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on segment merging submitted as a count.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total throttled time of merges in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Merge time in seconds
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total large merge stopped time in seconds, allowing smaller merges to complete
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The number of currently active segment merges on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Current merges
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on external index refreshes on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total time spent external refreshing in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Refresh time in seconds
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total external refresh time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on index refreshes.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of index refreshes.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total refreshes
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total refresh count
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of segment merges.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total merges
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total merge count
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total flush count
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total flushes
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of index flushes to disk since start.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of index flushes to disk since start submitted as a count.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent flushing the index to disk submitted as a count.
Dimensions:None
OpenTelemetryOpenTelemetry
Time spent on operations for an index.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of segment merges submitted as a count.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of index flushes to disk from the primary shards since start.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent flushing the index to disk from the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of segment merges on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of index refreshes on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on index refreshes on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of index refreshes submitted as a count.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on index refreshes submitted as a count.
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Total bytes that were auto-throttled during merging
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The number of currently active segment merges.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on segment merging.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on segment merging on the primary shards.
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total number of external index refreshes [v7.2+].
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The total time spent on external index refreshes [v7.2+].
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Flush time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Total merge I/O throttle time in seconds
Dimensions:None
DynatraceDynatrace
Refresh time in seconds
Dimensions:None
Sources
indices_search_suggest_time_secondsgithub.com
elasticsearch_indices_flush_time_secondswww.dynatrace.com
elasticsearch.flush.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.refresh.external.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.merges.total.time.countgithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.merges.currentgithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.refresh.external.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.refresh.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.refresh.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.merges.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.flush.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.flush.total.countgithub.com
elasticsearch.flush.total.time.countgithub.com
elasticsearch.index.operations.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.merges.total.countgithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.flush.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.flush.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.merges.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.refresh.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.refresh.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.refresh.total.countgithub.com
elasticsearch.refresh.total.time.countgithub.com
elasticsearch.merges.currentgithub.com
elasticsearch.merges.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.primaries.merges.total.timegithub.com
elasticsearch.refresh.external.totalgithub.com
elasticsearch.refresh.external.total.timegithub.com
Related Insights (2)
Index Refresh Backpressure Throughput Collapsewarning

Refresh operations make indexed documents searchable by writing in-memory buffer to disk segments. Default 1-second interval creates overhead that scales with indexing rate. When refresh time exceeds interval, indexing throughput collapses and latency spikes.

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Bulk Indexing Saturationwarning

Heavy bulk indexing workload causes high CPU utilization, memory pressure, and increased indexing latency, potentially impacting concurrent search performance and cluster stability.

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