# Why elasticsearch Aggregation is named bucket instead of dimension?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449 "2018-02-26T07:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![jiahaohk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jiahaohk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiahaohk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/1 "2018-02-26T07:58:20Z")

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Why elasticsearch Aggregation is named bucket instead of dimension?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/2 "2018-02-26T08:13:07Z")

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Do you have an example of what you are meaning?

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**Author:** ![jiahaohk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jiahaohk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiahaohk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/3 "2018-02-26T08:17:41Z")

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The word bucket is difficult to match with the actual application scene

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**Author:** ![jiahaohk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jiahaohk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiahaohk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/4 "2018-02-26T08:19:17Z")

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For example, the author of an article should be a dimension rather than a bucket.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/5 "2018-02-26T08:51:04Z")

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Do you have a json example ?

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**Author:** ![jiahaohk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jiahaohk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiahaohk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/6 "2018-02-26T08:55:19Z")

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No, I just use the word “bucket”, feel and strange

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/7 "2018-02-26T09:19:11Z")

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Can you paste please the full output of what you are getting?

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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:** [March 26, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elasticsearch-aggregation-is-named-bucket-instead-of-dimension/121449/8 "2018-03-26T09:19:14Z")

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