# Distinct Values from Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 25, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964 "2016-12-25T17:59:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ashit\_pupu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashit_pupu/32/101113_2.png) [@ashit\_pupu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashit_pupu)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/1 "2016-12-25T17:59:10Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I am indexing documents to index which is having the following structure. Providing an example below :-

{"content" : "xyz", "id" : "1234" , "iterationid" : "678001"}  
{"content" : "xyz", "id" : "1234" , "iterationid" : "678003"}

when I do a term query on content field like  
{  
"query": {  
"term": {  
"content": "xyz"  
}  
}  
}

The result I get is above two Json, but I want to restrict the result to one result just like giving a distinct on **id** in this example.

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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:** [December 25, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/2 "2016-12-25T18:33:12Z")

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Have a look at terms aggregation

HTH

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**Author:** ![ashit\_pupu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashit_pupu/32/101113_2.png) [@ashit\_pupu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashit_pupu)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/3 "2016-12-25T18:44:45Z")

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@dadoonet term aggregation gives me distinct result , that I have already used. I am trying to achieve distinct in the search only, rather than depending on the aggregation. If any other ideas its welcome !!!

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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:** [December 25, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/4 "2016-12-25T20:00:37Z")

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SSo I think you are looking for:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/21833>

Look at top hits.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/master/top-hits.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/master/top-hits.html)

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**Author:** ![ashit\_pupu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashit_pupu/32/101113_2.png) [@ashit\_pupu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashit_pupu)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/5 "2016-12-26T20:45:00Z")

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@dadoonet yes its similar to this . Is this functionality currently available. Can I use this feature now??

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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:** [December 26, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/6 "2016-12-26T21:32:05Z")

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Yes. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/search-aggregations-metrics-top-hits-aggregation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/search-aggregations-metrics-top-hits-aggregation.html)

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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:** [January 23, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-values-from-elasticsearch/69964/7 "2017-01-23T21:32:35Z")

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