# Problem with Metric (Sum)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-metric-sum/91100>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-metric-sum/91100 "2017-06-28T12:18:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Humanoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Humanoid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Humanoid)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-metric-sum/91100/1 "2017-06-28T12:18:29Z")

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Hi there,

I have a metric that shows the total sum of a numeric field, in this case minutes. Last week it was showing 120 and this week it shows a total of 100. How is this possible?

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**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-metric-sum/91100/2 "2017-06-28T13:18:59Z")

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Could you paste the request that you are using to calculate this metric?

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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 26, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-metric-sum/91100/3 "2017-07-26T13:19:02Z")

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Closed on July 26, 2017, 1:19pm UTC

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