# Query sometimes result smaller than it should be **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 29, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-sometimes-result-smaller-than-it-should-be/209943 "2019-11-29T09:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wnishi-swd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wnishi-swd/32/58523_2.png) [@wnishi-swd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wnishi-swd)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-sometimes-result-smaller-than-it-should-be/209943/1 "2019-11-29T09:09:10Z")
Hi, I'm a beginner of Elasticsearch and trying to count documents in an index. But I faced a situation that does not fit my intuition. - I'm using Elasticsearch 6.4. - my elasticsearch index has 10 documents. - every document has the form `{"type":"foo", "variableProp":1}`. - where "type" is one of "foo" "bar" "baz", and "variableProp" varies. - my process updates "variableProp" in these documents every second. - using Bulk API specifying 'index' actions. - it does not change the "type". - another process queries the index every 5 seconds. - aggregating by "type" term and count each type of document. I expect the query produces the same result every time and the sum of each counts to be 10, but sometimes it results 9 or 8 or more smaller. It seems they will not be larger than it should be, but can be smaller. Can anyone explain this situation? Is there a way to avoid the decreasing counts? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-sometimes-result-smaller-than-it-should-be/209943/2 "2019-12-27T09:09:14Z")
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