# Clarification of the query\_total metric in the cluster nodes stats api **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-of-the-query-total-metric-in-the-cluster-nodes-stats-api/10529 "2013-01-28T18:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![colinsurprenant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colinsurprenant/32/14776_2.png) [@colinsurprenant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colinsurprenant)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-of-the-query-total-metric-in-the-cluster-nodes-stats-api/10529/1 "2013-01-28T18:35:37Z")
Hi, In \_cluster/nodes/stats what exactly does the nodes/[node]/indices/search/query\_total metric represent? Is it: - the elasticsearch queries count as submitted by the http or java interface for that node? - the queries count for each shard on that node, for example, if one ES search query hits 4 shards on that node, the query\_total will be incremented by 4 Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-of-the-query-total-metric-in-the-cluster-nodes-stats-api/10529/2 "2013-01-29T07:35:10Z")
Hi Colin, It's the queries count per shard, like in the example you gave. ## Best regards, Radu [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Colin Surprenant \< [colin.surprenant@gmail.com](mailto:colin.surprenant@gmail.com)\> wrote: > Hi, > > In \_cluster/nodes/stats what exactly does the > nodes/[node]/indices/search/query\_total metric represent? > > Is it: > > - the elasticsearch queries count as submitted by the http or java > interface for that node? > - the queries count for each shard on that node, for example, if one ES > search query hits 4 shards on that node, the query\_total will be > incremented by 4 > > Thanks -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![colinsurprenant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colinsurprenant/32/14776_2.png) [@colinsurprenant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colinsurprenant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-of-the-query-total-metric-in-the-cluster-nodes-stats-api/10529/3 "2013-01-30T17:07:01Z")
Thanks Radu. Right. So the "correct" definition would be query\_total is the total number of queries across all lucene instances of a node. Colin On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:35:10 AM UTC-5, Radu Gheorghe wrote: > Hi Colin, > > It's the queries count per shard, like in the example you gave. > > ## Best regards, Radu > > [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Colin Surprenant \<[colin.su...@gmail.com](mailto:colin.su...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > In \_cluster/nodes/stats what exactly does the > > nodes/[node]/indices/search/query\_total metric represent? > > > > Is it: > > > > - the elasticsearch queries count as submitted by the http or java > > interface for that node? > > - the queries count for each shard on that node, for example, if one ES > > search query hits 4 shards on that node, the query\_total will be > > incremented by 4 > > > > Thanks -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-of-the-query-total-metric-in-the-cluster-nodes-stats-api/10529/4 "2017-07-06T02:53:53Z")