# Scripted field to sum a value of the field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** painless\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364 "2023-10-19T08:32:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yuswanul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yuswanul/32/101662_2.png) [@yuswanul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuswanul)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364/1 "2023-10-19T08:32:47Z")

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Hi there,

please look at my screenshot below. there are 4 data in the same timestamp and what I want to do is to sum the value of http\_status field so it will be 39 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 45  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/1/61611e7ac9f7a2cccadec7cb056ddd75d2c692b7.png)

is it possible to do that using a scripted field? please help me

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Samuele\_Lolli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samuele_lolli/32/107848_2.png) [@Samuele\_Lolli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuele_Lolli)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364/2 "2023-10-19T09:45:54Z")

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Hi @yuswanul!  
I think the only way is to use a query with aggregation.

I dont think you can do that using some Scripted Field

Bye 🙂

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**Author:** ![yuswanul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yuswanul/32/101662_2.png) [@yuswanul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuswanul)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364/3 "2023-10-19T09:55:00Z")

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is there another way to achieve it? because I need it to display them in the dashboard

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**Author:** ![Samuele\_Lolli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samuele_lolli/32/107848_2.png) [@Samuele\_Lolli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuele_Lolli)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364/4 "2023-10-19T10:07:22Z")

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Unfortunately i don't think so.  
BTW in the lens (dashboard) you can do some operation

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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:** [November 16, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-to-sum-a-value-of-the-field/345364/5 "2023-11-16T10:07:25Z")

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