# Can i get the total number of facets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 9, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-total-number-of-facets/4586 "2011-06-09T08:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weiwei\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Weiwei\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weiwei_Wang)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-total-number-of-facets/4586/1 "2011-06-09T08:42:33Z")
I need to get the number of certain distinct field values and I tried termfacets. I have to retrieve all the facets to get the total number of distinct values, this may delay the process. Does anybody here know the solution? ---
**Author:** ![fashionalwallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@fashionalwallet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fashionalwallet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-total-number-of-facets/4586/2 "2011-06-09T08:53:18Z")
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**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-total-number-of-facets/4586/3 "2011-06-09T12:08:46Z")
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 01:42 -0700, Weiwei Wang wrote: > I need to get the number of certain distinct field values and I tried > termfacets. > > I have to retrieve all the facets to get the total number of distinct > values, this may delay the process. That is the only way to do this currently clint ---
**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, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-total-number-of-facets/4586/4 "2017-07-06T04:04:19Z")