# Precise distinct count

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/precise-distinct-count/249374>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/precise-distinct-count/249374 "2020-09-21T14:02:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ion\_utale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ion_utale/32/75944_2.png) [@ion\_utale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ion_utale)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/precise-distinct-count/249374/1 "2020-09-21T14:02:29Z")

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Hi, i am just frustrated that i am unable to do an `distinct count.` on 6.8

Cardinality is just an approximation.  
I have over 20k buckets and cardinaly with `precision_threshold = 40000` is still retuning me wrong values, (approximate)

`Term aggregation ` is precise, but i am unable to do a `count ` on those grouped buckets.  
any idea how?

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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:** [October 19, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/precise-distinct-count/249374/2 "2020-10-19T14:02:43Z")

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