Visualizing system load average with Kibana 4.1 - kibana

I have a Kibana search that returns the load average in a field called metric_value_number. This indexed field has a format of Number, and a Numeral.js format pattern of "0,0.[00]". This is default values.
Here is a screenshot of my search with sample data
When I try to make a visualization with a sum-aggregation, it gets aggregated to zero. This applies to Visualization types of at least Line chart, Area chart and Metric.
How can I properly visualize the system average load with the data I have?

Found this thread, because I had some trouble myself getting our load visualized. However, it turns out I had to type cast to number first by using %{NUMBER:load_1:float} and actually needed an average aggregation.
Had to delete the Logstash index and "reload the field list" in Kibana to get it working.
Tried to reproduce your problem by using your settings. Unfortunately for you, I got it working. I am currently using Kibana Version 4.1.2-snapshot
Build 7500.

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