# What actually facet do in elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-actually-facet-do-in-elasticsearch/67194>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 25, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-actually-facet-do-in-elasticsearch/67194 "2016-11-25T13:01:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![madhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@madhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/madhan)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-actually-facet-do-in-elasticsearch/67194/1 "2016-11-25T13:01:11Z")

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i want to filter large amount of data and want to get count. so what the facet means here..

how to use facet filter with DSL..

provide any example for ease.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-actually-facet-do-in-elasticsearch/67194/2 "2016-11-25T13:14:57Z")

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Facets have been deprecated and replaced by aggregations. Have you had a look at [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations.html) or maybe [Elasticsearch - the Definitive Guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/aggregations.html).

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**Author:** ![madhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@madhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/madhan)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-actually-facet-do-in-elasticsearch/67194/3 "2016-11-25T14:27:35Z")

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No..

Thanks for your response..

Now only i'm gonna read that document.

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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 23, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-actually-facet-do-in-elasticsearch/67194/4 "2016-12-23T14:28:27Z")

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