# Failed to run a query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678 "2023-07-18T12:51:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![leonid\_fayngold](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leonid_fayngold/32/122289_2.png) [@leonid\_fayngold](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leonid_fayngold)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678/1 "2023-07-18T12:51:14Z")

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Failed to run the following query:

select (date\_trunc('hour', my\_date) + interval date\_part('minute', my\_date)::int minutes) as group\_by\_name from table\_name where my\_date\>= '2023-07-12'

having the following exception:  
missing ')' at 'date\_part'

what I am missing here

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**Author:** ![bogdan.pintea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bogdan.pintea/32/45740_2.png) [@bogdan.pintea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bogdan.pintea)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678/2 "2023-07-19T08:55:23Z")

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The interval value needs to be a literal, it cannot be an expression, it won't be evaluated.  
You might want to truncate "directly" to minutes, in your example.

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**Author:** ![leonid\_fayngold](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leonid_fayngold/32/122289_2.png) [@leonid\_fayngold](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leonid_fayngold)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678/3 "2023-07-19T09:15:49Z")

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my example was just part of my query , In order to group by data per 5 minutes, any idea how ?

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**Author:** ![bogdan.pintea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bogdan.pintea/32/45740_2.png) [@bogdan.pintea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bogdan.pintea)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678/4 "2023-07-19T10:27:01Z")

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You can use [HISTOGRAM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-functions-grouping.html) with an `INTERVAL 5 MINUTES` argument.

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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:** [August 16, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-run-a-query/338678/5 "2023-08-16T10:27:05Z")

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