# Range output from Elastic query search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196 "2019-12-17T16:51:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![njaggi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c77e96/32.png) [@njaggi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/njaggi)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196/1 "2019-12-17T16:51:02Z")

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I have to query Elastic search to return time ranges  
My data is  
{"run-id": "xxx", "name": "unknown", "event" : [{"value": "event name1"}], "epoch" : 1576530536}  
{"run-id": "xxx", "name": "unknown", "event" : [{"value": "event name1"}], "epoch" : 1576530537}  
{"run-id": "xxx", "name": "unknown", "event" : [{"value": "event name1"}], "epoch" : 1576530540}  
{"run-id": "xxx", "name": "unknown", "event" : [{"value": "event name1"}], "epoch" : 1576530541}  
{"run-id": "xxx", "name": "unknown", "event" : [{"value": "event name1"}], "epoch" : 1576530542}

I need output as 1576530536-1576530537 and 1576530540-1576530542 when searched for event=event name1. Is there a way to return values as range with start and end epoch

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196/2 "2019-12-17T17:00:50Z")

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it depends on how you want to model your data. The [range datatype](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/range.html) could help you in that case.

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**Author:** ![njaggi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c77e96/32.png) [@njaggi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/njaggi)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196/3 "2019-12-17T17:04:56Z")

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I am open to suggestions for changing data model, but I understand range is an input to search query, what I need is output to be range values.

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196/4 "2019-12-17T18:44:05Z")

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hm, I am still not sure about the requirement to be honest. If you want to group things together, maybe a [histogram aggregation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/search-aggregations-bucket-histogram-aggregation.html) could help you in order to group data together.

maybe you can explain in more detail what your grouping criteria is. A distance greater than one?

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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:** [January 14, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-output-from-elastic-query-search/212196/5 "2020-01-14T18:44:13Z")

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