# Get search time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-search-time/77611>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 7, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-search-time/77611 "2017-03-07T08:24:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Greentea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/greentea/32/15924_2.png) [@Greentea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Greentea)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-search-time/77611/1 "2017-03-07T08:24:08Z")

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Hi!  
Is it possible to make the something like  
"find 450 result in 0.45 sec"  
in elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![frankkoornstra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frankkoornstra/32/6780_2.png) [@frankkoornstra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frankkoornstra)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-search-time/77611/2 "2017-03-07T10:04:34Z")

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Sure, with each query you get back the total results and the time (in `took`). That obviously only represents the time it took ES 🙂

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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:** [April 4, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-search-time/77611/3 "2017-04-04T10:04:54Z")

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Closed on April 4, 2017, 10:04am UTC

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