---
title: Shards view in AutoOps
description: The Shards view allows you to monitor the shards allocated to each node in your cluster. With this granular view into your cluster's health, you can get...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3716/deploy-manage/monitor/autoops/ec-autoops-shards-view
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Shards view in AutoOps
The **Shards** view allows you to monitor the shards allocated to each node in your cluster. With this granular view into your cluster's health, you can get to the root cause of issues and resolve them to ensure optimal performance and reliability of your search and indexing operations.
Use the **Deployment** or **Cluster** dropdown at the top of the screen to select which deployment or cluster you want to view, and use the date and time picker to select a time period for the data shown.
![Screenshot showing the Shards view in AutoOps](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3716/deploy-manage/images/cloud-autoops-shard-view.png)

To get to the **Shards** view, go to AutoOps in your deployment or cluster and select **Shards** from the side navigation.
The **Shards** view provides the following insights:
- **Detailed shard breakdown**: Gain insights into each shard with a granular breakdown. View stats for shards from specific indices on any given node, allowing for in-depth performance and distribution analysis.
- **Size information**: Assess the storage footprint of each shard with precise size metrics, facilitating efficient resource management.
- **Document count**: Monitor the number of documents contained within each shard to track and manage the shard load effectively.
- **Indexing rate and latency**: Keep an eye on indexing performance with real-time indexing rates and latencies. This ensures efficient and timely data indexing, helping maintain optimal performance.
- **Search rate and latency**: Optimize search functionalities by monitoring search rates and latencies. This ensures your search queries are processed quickly and effectively.


## Sections in the Shards view

The **Shards** view includes the following panels and controls.

### Time slider

Use the time slider at the top-right of the screen to move through the selected time period and observe how shard data changes over time.

### Nodes and indices selectors

Select which nodes and indices to include in your view. For nodes, you can select all, select a group, or choose tier-based grouping.

### Metric selector

Use the metric selector to drill down into shard information based on different metrics. Select from the following:
- Indexing Latency
- Indexing Rate
- Merge Latency
- Merge Rate
- Search Latency
- Search Rate
- Size in Bytes


### Shard matrix

A color-coded chart reflecting activity in your selected nodes and indices. Scroll horizontally to view all node columns.
Click on a cell to view a popover with more details about that specific shard.
![Screenshot showing the popover that appears when you click on a cell in the Shard matrix](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3716/deploy-manage/images/shard-view-popover.png)