# Can you a do terms aggregation on a number field?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-a-do-terms-aggregation-on-a-number-field/56127>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 21, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-a-do-terms-aggregation-on-a-number-field/56127 "2016-07-21T17:41:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_Suh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steve_suh/32/10638_2.png) [@Steve\_Suh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Suh)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-a-do-terms-aggregation-on-a-number-field/56127/1 "2016-07-21T17:41:15Z")

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Or does it only work on strings?

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**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-a-do-terms-aggregation-on-a-number-field/56127/2 "2016-07-22T08:13:57Z")

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Yes, you can run the Terms aggregation on number fields

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-you-a-do-terms-aggregation-on-a-number-field/56127/3 "2017-07-05T22:33:29Z")

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