# I want to know sum aggregation result accuracy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-know-sum-aggregation-result-accuracy/22727>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 18, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-know-sum-aggregation-result-accuracy/22727 "2015-03-18T03:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![happyprg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/happyprg/32/681_2.png) [@happyprg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/happyprg)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-know-sum-aggregation-result-accuracy/22727/1 "2015-03-18T03:32:32Z")

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hello,

dear community members.

i want to know sum aggregation result accuracy.  
is it result 100% confidence possible?

[http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics-sum-aggregation.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics-sum-aggregation.html)

it's have accuracy different for both term aggregation and sum aggregation?

[http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation.html#search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation-approximate-counts](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation.html#search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation-approximate-counts)

please let me know.

thank you.

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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, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-know-sum-aggregation-result-accuracy/22727/2 "2017-07-06T00:26:01Z")

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