# Documentation terminology

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-terminology/252385>\
**Category:** Elastic Training\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-terminology/252385 "2020-10-16T18:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Ambriz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jonathan_ambriz/32/77356_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Ambriz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_Ambriz)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-terminology/252385/1 "2020-10-16T18:40:03Z")

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How do I lookup parameters in elastic documentation? Take the following code for example:

```auto
GET logs_server*/_search
{
  "size": 0,
  "aggs": {
    "status_code_buckets": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "status_code"
      },
      "aggs": {
        "runtime": {
          "percentiles": {
            "field": "runtime_ms",
            "percents": [50]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

```

If I wanted to look up "terms" and "size" in elastic documentation, what would I search for?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Laney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_laney/32/44349_2.png) [@Mark\_Laney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Laney)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-terminology/252385/2 "2020-10-18T18:04:35Z")

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If you are typing your code in the Dev Tools of Kibana you can click on "terms," say, and then type `cntr + /` to bring up documentation automatically. You can also find a documentation link under the wrench icon near the code.  
In general, I like to get to documentation by going to [elastic.co](http://elastic.co), scrolling all the way to the bottom to find the link "Documentation." Another good trick would be to go to your-favorite-public-search and type "site:elastic.co" to isolate your results to Elastic pages. So in DuckDuckGo I'd type "aggs terms site:elastic.co" for example. The terms aggregation page with list and explain all the allowed parameters.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Ambriz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jonathan_ambriz/32/77356_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Ambriz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_Ambriz)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-terminology/252385/3 "2020-10-18T18:32:39Z")

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Thanks so much! Those are some awesome tips.

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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:** [November 17, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-terminology/252385/4 "2020-11-17T18:33:10Z")

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