# Confirming: Each nested doc in a doc counts towards total count?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 24, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919 "2013-07-24T13:56:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Treher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Treher)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919/1 "2013-07-24T13:56:36Z")
I just wanted to confirm that
1. the doc count ES provides for the index includes the sum of nested docs
and top level docs in all types, and
2. the doc count for the type includes just the sum of top level docs in
the type?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@mvg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvg)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919/2 "2013-07-29T09:58:02Z")
The total hits is always based on the number of root documents, so
excluding the hit count on the nested level.
On 24 July 2013 15:56, Justin Treher [jtreher@gmail.com](mailto:jtreher@gmail.com) wrote:
> I just wanted to confirm that
>
> 1. the doc count ES provides for the index includes the sum of nested docs
> and top level docs in all types, and
> 2. the doc count for the type includes just the sum of top level docs in
> the type?
>
> Thanks!
>
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Treher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Treher)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919/3 "2013-07-31T15:28:22Z")
When I'm looking at ES head it is showing a count that is much higher than
my bulk index source. The only explanation is that it is including the
nested docs as part of its count. I know that head just pulls a stat call
on the server.
On Monday, July 29, 2013 5:58:02 AM UTC-4, Martijn v Groningen wrote:
> The total hits is always based on the number of root documents, so
> excluding the hit count on the nested level.
>
> On 24 July 2013 15:56, Justin Treher \<[jtr...@gmail.com](mailto:jtr...@gmail.com) \\>wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to confirm that
> >
> > 1. the doc count ES provides for the index includes the sum of nested
> > docs and top level docs in all types, and
> > 2. the doc count for the type includes just the sum of top level docs in
> > the type?
> >
> > Thanks!
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### Author:  [@mvg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvg)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919/4 "2013-07-31T20:52:25Z")
I thought you were talking about the doc count in the search api, so yes,
the stats shows the number of Lucene documents that are in your index and
this includes the nested docs.
On 31 July 2013 17:28, Justin Treher [jtreher@gmail.com](mailto:jtreher@gmail.com) wrote:
> When I'm looking at ES head it is showing a count that is much higher than
> my bulk index source. The only explanation is that it is including the
> nested docs as part of its count. I know that head just pulls a stat call
> on the server.
>
> On Monday, July 29, 2013 5:58:02 AM UTC-4, Martijn v Groningen wrote:
>
> > The total hits is always based on the number of root documents, so
> > excluding the hit count on the nested level.
> >
> > On 24 July 2013 15:56, Justin Treher [jtr...@gmail.com](mailto:jtr...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > I just wanted to confirm that
> > >
> > > 1. the doc count ES provides for the index includes the sum of nested
> > > docs and top level docs in all types, and
> > > 2. the doc count for the type includes just the sum of top level docs in
> > > the type?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
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> >
> > Martijn van Groningen
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirming-each-nested-doc-in-a-doc-counts-towards-total-count/12919/5 "2017-07-06T02:23:29Z")