# Top N results with facet counts **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 19, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154 "2012-06-19T12:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ywtsang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@ywtsang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ywtsang)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154/1 "2012-06-19T12:49:37Z")
Is it possible to limit the total matched results to top N (sorted by value provided at query) and the facet counts are only calculated based on this top N matched results? Thanks, Wing ---
**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154/2 "2012-06-19T19:57:24Z")
I _think_ it's not, but if it is, I'd love to know, because we recently had a need for that. ## Otis Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) Scalable Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:49:37 AM UTC-4, Yiu Wing TSANG wrote: > Is it possible to limit the total matched results to top N (sorted by > value provided at query) and the facet counts are only calculated > based on this top N matched results? > > Thanks, > Wing ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154/3 "2012-06-21T07:45:01Z")
No, you can't do that. Though with the design of the facets, if shouldn't be hard to implement... On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Otis Gospodnetic \< [otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com](mailto:otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com)\> wrote: > I _think_ it's not, but if it is, I'd love to know, because we recently > had a need for that. > > ## Otis > > Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) > Scalable Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:49:37 AM UTC-4, Yiu Wing TSANG wrote: > > > Is it possible to limit the total matched results to top N (sorted by > > value provided at query) and the facet counts are only calculated > > based on this top N matched results? > > > > Thanks, > > Wing ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154/4 "2012-07-20T00:20:29Z")
Was an issue ever created for this request? I now find myself needing this functionality. -- Ivan On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > No, you can't do that. Though with the design of the facets, if shouldn't be > hard to implement... > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Otis Gospodnetic > [otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com](mailto:otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I _think_ it's not, but if it is, I'd love to know, because we recently > > had a need for that. > > > > ## Otis > > > > Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) > > Scalable Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) > > > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:49:37 AM UTC-4, Yiu Wing TSANG wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to limit the total matched results to top N (sorted by > > > value provided at query) and the facet counts are only calculated > > > based on this top N matched results? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Wing ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154/5 "2012-07-20T00:28:43Z")
Never mind, found it: > > > See > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/elasticsearch/OZsc5ofNhag/9JfwSy-CEMwJ where… Shay says "...with the design of the facets, if shouldn't be hard to implement..." On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > Was an issue ever created for this request? I now find myself needing > this functionality. > > -- > Ivan > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > No, you can't do that. Though with the design of the facets, if shouldn't be > > hard to implement... > > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Otis Gospodnetic > > [otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com](mailto:otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > I _think_ it's not, but if it is, I'd love to know, because we recently > > > had a need for that. > > > > > > ## Otis > > > > > > Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) > > > Scalable Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) > > > > > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:49:37 AM UTC-4, Yiu Wing TSANG wrote: > > > > > > > Is it possible to limit the total matched results to top N (sorted by > > > > value provided at query) and the facet counts are only calculated > > > > based on this top N matched results? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Wing ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-n-results-with-facet-counts/8154/6 "2017-07-06T03:19:45Z")