# Aggregegation buckets count **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 16, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregegation-buckets-count/21270 "2014-12-16T08:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_4/32/1045_2.png) [@Tom\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregegation-buckets-count/21270/1 "2014-12-16T08:48:50Z")
Hi, is there a way to get just the count of buckets (not the count of docs, which works i know) of an aggregation without receiving the whole buckets content? thx, Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/99c0776d-8059-432d-b2a7-5ce115dae9d2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/99c0776d-8059-432d-b2a7-5ce115dae9d2%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Somerfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@Rich\_Somerfield](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rich_Somerfield)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregegation-buckets-count/21270/2 "2014-12-16T10:02:04Z")
Hi Tom, I think the "Cardinality" aggregation is what you want. e.g. : { ...query... }, "aggregations": { "totalUniqueUsers": { "cardinality": { "field": "username" } } } -Rich On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:48:51 AM UTC, Tom wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to get just the count of buckets (not the count of docs, > which works i know) of an aggregation without receiving the whole buckets > content? > > thx, Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/834082a2-1336-4c2d-a4b0-5bfbe52cafb1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/834082a2-1336-4c2d-a4b0-5bfbe52cafb1%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tom_4/32/1045_2.png) [@Tom\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tom_4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregegation-buckets-count/21270/3 "2014-12-16T10:37:25Z")
Hi Rich, perfect, that's it, thx a lot. Cheers, Tom Am Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2014 11:02:04 UTC+1 schrieb Rich Somerfield: > Hi Tom, > > I think the "Cardinality" aggregation is what you want. > > e.g. : > > { > ...query... > }, > "aggregations": { > "totalUniqueUsers": { > "cardinality": { > "field": "username" > } > } > } > > -Rich > > On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:48:51 AM UTC, Tom wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > is there a way to get just the count of buckets (not the count of docs, > > which works i know) of an aggregation without receiving the whole buckets > > content? > > > > thx, Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a36ad00b-5f7e-4e36-9c75-928befb63fea%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a36ad00b-5f7e-4e36-9c75-928befb63fea%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Somerfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@Rich\_Somerfield](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rich_Somerfield)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregegation-buckets-count/21270/4 "2014-12-16T12:48:35Z")
Happy to help. On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:37:25 AM UTC, Tom wrote: > Hi Rich, > > perfect, that's it, thx a lot. > > Cheers, Tom > > Am Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2014 11:02:04 UTC+1 schrieb Rich Somerfield: > > > Hi Tom, > > > > I think the "Cardinality" aggregation is what you want. > > > > e.g. : > > > > { > > ...query... > > }, > > "aggregations": { > > "totalUniqueUsers": { > > "cardinality": { > > "field": "username" > > } > > } > > } > > > > -Rich > > > > On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:48:51 AM UTC, Tom wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > is there a way to get just the count of buckets (not the count of docs, > > > which works i know) of an aggregation without receiving the whole buckets > > > content? > > > > > > thx, Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/470ec648-20c8-4967-9c38-fa6ab407c8fe%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/470ec648-20c8-4967-9c38-fa6ab407c8fe%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregegation-buckets-count/21270/5 "2017-07-06T00:43:27Z")