# How to get field count in Elasticsearch filter plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-field-count-in-elasticsearch-filter-plugin/167054>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 5, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-field-count-in-elasticsearch-filter-plugin/167054 "2019-02-05T04:35:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![keep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@keep](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/keep)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-field-count-in-elasticsearch-filter-plugin/167054/1 "2019-02-05T04:35:08Z")

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Example :  
if [type] == "end" {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["es-server"]  
query =\> "select count(\*) as numCount from index"  
fields =\> { "numCount "}  
}

result :  
numCount : nil

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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:** [March 5, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-field-count-in-elasticsearch-filter-plugin/167054/2 "2019-03-05T04:44:59Z")

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