# Can i doing mathematical calculation in elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 5, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862 "2018-04-05T07:03:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/1 "2018-04-05T07:03:34Z")

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Hello,  
I am very new in Elastic search, my question is : can i do the mathematical calculations within elasticsearch like in Excel?  
I will be very happy if someone could help me

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/2 "2018-04-05T07:24:09Z")

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Have a look at aggregations. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics.html)

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/3 "2018-04-05T08:15:57Z")

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should i do that in Dev Tool in kibana? my kibana version is 4.5.3 and I can not find a dev tool ☹

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/4 "2018-04-05T08:19:23Z")

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Can I increase versioning of kibana or that have a side effect on Elastic search?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/5 "2018-04-05T08:44:55Z")

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If you are new, just start with elastic 6.2.3.

The versions you mentioned are not maintained anymore.

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/6 "2018-04-05T08:46:57Z")

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> [@dadoonet](#):
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> The versions you mentioned are not maintained anymore.

the problem is that my boss at the work that has made me available I have to continue working with it ☹

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/7 "2018-04-05T08:49:07Z")

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what possibilities do you see for me?

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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/8 "2018-04-05T08:51:23Z")

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You can try different versions of Kibana. You can install Kibana anywhere where it can communicate with Elasticsearch.

Which version of Elasticsearch do you use?

The only restriction I know of is that later versions of Kibana will only talk to the same version of Elasticsearch or newer.

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**Author:** ![kavya\_sahu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kavya_sahu/32/29597_2.png) [@kavya\_sahu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kavya_sahu)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/9 "2018-04-05T08:56:59Z")

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you can focus on multiple topics like aggregations metrics,aggregations. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics-valuecount-aggregation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics-valuecount-aggregation.html)

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/10 "2018-04-05T09:13:01Z")

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even in Kibana 4.5.3 ?

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/11 "2018-04-05T09:15:45Z")

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how can i find the version of my Elastic search?

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/12 "2018-04-05T09:34:26Z")

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I read readme file, I think my elastic search version is 2.0  
does it look fine?

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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/13 "2018-04-05T09:50:34Z")

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For Elasticsearch version do

> curl http://ES\_machine\_name:9200

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**Author:** ![harshbajaj16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harshbajaj16/32/44970_2.png) [@harshbajaj16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harshbajaj16)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/14 "2018-04-05T10:40:40Z")

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are you using elasticsearch 2.0 with kibana 4.5.3 ??????

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/15 "2018-04-05T11:03:11Z")

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i have Windows and no Linux i have searched for version of my elastic search have found multiple numbers once 2.15 and once 2.3.4

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**Author:** ![harshbajaj16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harshbajaj16/32/44970_2.png) [@harshbajaj16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harshbajaj16)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/16 "2018-04-05T11:06:01Z")

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http://IP\_from\_your\_yml\_file:9200/ run this and share the o/p.

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/17 "2018-04-05T11:38:54Z")

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> [@harshbajaj16](#):
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> http://IP\_from\_your\_yml\_file:9200/ run this and share the o/p.

Thank you very much  
I found out the information  
the version should be 2.3.4 ,now what does it look like what can I do best? should I install a new kibana?  
{  
"name" : "Madam Slay",  
"cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch",  
"version" : {  
"number" : "2.3.4",  
"build\_hash" : "e455fd0c13dceca8dbbdbb1665d068ae55dabe3f",  
"build\_timestamp" : "2016-06-30T11:24:31Z",  
"build\_snapshot" : false,  
"lucene\_version" : "5.5.0"  
},  
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"  
}

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**Author:** ![harshbajaj16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harshbajaj16/32/44970_2.png) [@harshbajaj16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harshbajaj16)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/18 "2018-04-06T03:14:55Z")

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You should upgrade your Elasticsearch also as this is no longer supported.

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**Author:** ![Fatemeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fatemeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatemeh)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/19 "2018-04-11T06:42:41Z")

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how can I update my kibana or elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-doing-mathematical-calculation-in-elasticsearch/126862/20 "2018-05-09T06:42:45Z")

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