# The values given by \_count on a index is different from \_stats/docs,store
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-values-given-by--count-on-a-index-is-different-from--stats-docs-store/49208
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 4, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-values-given-by--count-on-a-index-is-different-from--stats-docs-store/49208 "2016-05-04T17:43:27Z")
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### Author:  [@arjun\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjun_r)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-values-given-by--count-on-a-index-is-different-from--stats-docs-store/49208/1 "2016-05-04T17:43:27Z")
I have a cluster with 5 nodes and an index created on a daily basis. Alias pointing to all the indices for read
Ex:-
Index 1 = foo\_2016-05-03t00:00:00-07:00
Index 2 = foo\_2016-05-02t00:00:00-07:00
Alias foo , has both the indices
Now a GET to foo/\_count is giving us 3122518 documents ( = sum of documents in index 1 & index 2)
However a get to localhost:9200/\_stats/docs,store yields a result of 5801911 ( from \_all.primaries.docs.count field)
Why is the difference in the values here ?
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### Author:  [@thn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thn)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-values-given-by--count-on-a-index-is-different-from--stats-docs-store/49208/2 "2016-05-06T11:16:33Z")
I think \_count gives you the total indexed documents per index. If each indexed document has sub-document(s) then the total document count is higher than the actual number of indexed document.
For example, if you do \_cat/indices and look at the number in the docs.count column for each index. The go to each index and do \_count, some will be different. The one that is different is because each indexed document has one or more sub-document(s)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-values-given-by--count-on-a-index-is-different-from--stats-docs-store/49208/3 "2017-07-05T22:53:21Z")