# Some questions about “cat/tasks” api

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-cat-tasks-api/220832>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-cat-tasks-api/220832 "2020-02-25T10:58:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ITzhangqiang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@ITzhangqiang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ITzhangqiang)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-cat-tasks-api/220832/1 "2020-02-25T10:58:12Z")

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hi,  
I use "GET \_cat/tasks?v&detailed" to show tasks details, as follows：

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/3/c333724c044504b2d90de7581bb777b5bff40501.png)

But I don't know what‘s the meaning of “request[24]” ，how to understand the number “24”？

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-cat-tasks-api/220832/2 "2020-02-25T16:08:25Z")

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`requests[24]` is the description of a shard-level bulk, which is the portion of a bulk indexing request that targets the listed shard, and the `[24]` is the number of items in that shard-level bulk.

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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:** [March 24, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-cat-tasks-api/220832/3 "2020-03-24T16:08:34Z")

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Closed on March 24, 2020, 4:08pm UTC

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