# Max and min on string fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-and-min-on-string-fields/40493>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 29, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-and-min-on-string-fields/40493 "2016-01-29T15:30:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Josh\_J\_Luo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@Josh\_J\_Luo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Josh_J_Luo)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-and-min-on-string-fields/40493/1 "2016-01-29T15:30:59Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to do max/min agg on a string field?

Thanks!

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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 5, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-and-min-on-string-fields/40493/2 "2017-07-05T23:20:20Z")

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