# Statistical Mode, on visualizations?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970 "2020-11-10T20:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElasticLiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticliver/32/64869_2.png) [@ElasticLiver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticLiver)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970/1 "2020-11-10T20:26:52Z")

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Hi, is there any vizualization on wich you can display the mode of the data?

the definition of mode:

```auto
The mode is the value that appears most often in a set of data values.

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970/2 "2020-11-10T20:37:14Z")

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This is what the [Terms aggregation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation.html) does, which is supported in all visualizations in Kibana.

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**Author:** ![ElasticLiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticliver/32/64869_2.png) [@ElasticLiver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticLiver)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970/3 "2020-11-10T21:25:49Z")

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Mmm I don't understand how It works then, for example in a bar chart, if I need to get the mode of bandwidth utilization of several host, I will chose the x axis as a term agregation for the host field...but in the metric agreggation wich one should I choose?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/6/36bda16a758a4f00bb2df2d703054f0d24ab8ee4.png)

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970/4 "2020-11-10T21:42:29Z")

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The Terms aggregation will match all documents with the exact term, so if you create a visualization like:

Split series: Host name  
X axis: Terms of Bandwidth  
Y axis: Count of documents

You would get a bar chart showing the exact most common bandwidth values per host.

You might also benefit from using the Histogram aggregation instead of Terms, which can show the distribution of a number field.

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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:** [December 8, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statistical-mode-on-visualizations/254970/5 "2020-12-08T21:42:33Z")

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