# Finding fields that comes frequently

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-that-comes-frequently/4729>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 29, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-that-comes-frequently/4729 "2011-06-29T04:16:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nachiket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@nachiket](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nachiket)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-that-comes-frequently/4729/1 "2011-06-29T04:16:31Z")

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Hi.  
I am new to elastic search. I want to search based on a query and find  
what are the "field names" that comes consistently. I have looked into  
facets. But it works for "field values" instead. Can somebody suggest  
something??

Regards.

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**Author:** ![Karussell1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Karussell1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karussell1)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-that-comes-frequently/4729/2 "2011-07-01T20:33:39Z")

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I would index the field names and use facets

On Jun 29, 6:16 am, nachiket bhagwat [nachiketbhag...@gmail.com](mailto:nachiketbhag...@gmail.com)  
wrote:

> Hi.  
> I am new to Elasticsearch. I want to search based on a query and find  
> what are the "field names" that comes consistently. I have looked into  
> facets. But it works for "field values" instead. Can somebody suggest  
> something??
> 
> Regards.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-that-comes-frequently/4729/3 "2017-07-06T04:02:04Z")

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