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-<!--
-title: "Median"
-sidebar_label: "Median"
-description: "Use median in API queries and health entities to find the 'middle' value from a sample, eliminating any unwanted spikes in the returned metrics."
-custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/web/api/queries/median/README.md
-learn_status: "Published"
-learn_topic_type: "References"
-learn_rel_path: "Developers/Web/Api/Queries"
--->
-
-# Median
-
-The median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample
-(a population or a probability distribution). For a data set, it may be thought of as the
-"middle" value.
-
-`median` is not an accurate average. However, it eliminates all spikes, by sorting
-all the values in a period, and selecting the value in the middle of the sorted array.
-
-Netdata also supports `trimmed-median`, which trims a percentage of the smaller and bigger values prior to finding the
-median. The following `trimmed-median` functions are defined:
-
-- `trimmed-median1`
-- `trimmed-median2`
-- `trimmed-median3`
-- `trimmed-median5`
-- `trimmed-median10`
-- `trimmed-median15`
-- `trimmed-median20`
-- `trimmed-median25`
-
-The function `trimmed-median` is an alias for `trimmed-median5`.
-
-## how to use
-
-Use it in alerts like this:
-
-```
- alarm: my_alert
- on: my_chart
-lookup: median -1m unaligned of my_dimension
- warn: $this > 1000
-```
-
-`median` does not change the units. For example, if the chart units is `requests/sec`, the result
-will be again expressed in the same units.
-
-It can also be used in APIs and badges as `&group=median` in the URL. Additionally, a percentage may be given with
-`&group_options=` to trim all small and big values before finding the median.
-
-## Examples
-
-Examining last 1 minute `successful` web server responses:
-
-- ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=min&after=-60&label=min)
-- ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=average&after=-60&label=average)
-- ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=median&after=-60&label=median&value_color=orange)
-- ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=max&after=-60&label=max)
-
-## References
-
-- <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median>.
-
-