# Elasticsearch cardinality aggregation not returning accurate numbers despite using precision\_threshold

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cardinality-aggregation-not-returning-accurate-numbers-despite-using-precision-threshold/288632>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 8, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cardinality-aggregation-not-returning-accurate-numbers-despite-using-precision-threshold/288632 "2021-11-08T13:50:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cardinality-aggregation-not-returning-accurate-numbers-despite-using-precision-threshold/288632/2 "2021-11-08T15:19:58Z")

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Have a look at [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cardinality-agg-off-by-one-even-after-precision-increase/283096/2).

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