# Sort and limit with aggregation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-and-limit-with-aggregation/280007>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-and-limit-with-aggregation/280007 "2021-07-29T18:02:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![raviverel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@raviverel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raviverel)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-and-limit-with-aggregation/280007/1 "2021-07-29T18:02:20Z")

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hey,  
i am want to do aggregation only on the first X items sort by some attributes,  
is it possible ? didn't find a way ( elastic 7.13 )  
thanks

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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:** [August 2, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-and-limit-with-aggregation/280007/2 "2021-08-02T07:52:57Z")

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You would need to add another field based filter in your query (i.e. the timestamp). Can you explain your use-case, so maybe we find another way.

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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:** [August 30, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-and-limit-with-aggregation/280007/3 "2021-08-30T07:53:45Z")

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