# Question about accessing index statistics in ElasticSearch 5.4.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 15, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-accessing-index-statistics-in-elasticsearch-5-4-0/100727 "2017-09-15T19:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mickeystroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@mickeystroller](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mickeystroller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-accessing-index-statistics-in-elasticsearch-5-4-0/100727/1 "2017-09-15T19:46:32Z")
Hi all, I want to make sure my understanding is correct. In ES 5.4.0, the only way to access index statistics in scripts is to write a custom ScriptEngine which can only be written in Java. If that is the case, I want to further ask whether there is a way to force the usage of Groovy in ES 5.4.0 assuming it has not been completely deleted. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mickeystroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@mickeystroller](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mickeystroller)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-accessing-index-statistics-in-elasticsearch-5-4-0/100727/2 "2017-09-16T02:04:53Z")
I checked and I can force the usage of Groovy. Just curious how I can use painless to access the index statistics such as term frequency in a document. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-accessing-index-statistics-in-elasticsearch-5-4-0/100727/3 "2017-10-14T02:05:56Z")
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