Aggregations operate on the results of a search query, so you can definitely use that total also when you have sub-aggregations. As for filter aggregations, you can have a subtract which acts as a sink for all unused docs and subtract it's count from the total count
-- Itamar Syn-Hershko http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> Freelance Developer & Consultant Author of RavenDB in Action <http://manning.com/synhershko/> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Michael Sander <[email protected]> wrote: > Hm, I don't think that works as a general solution. If you're using > sub-aggregations or a filter aggregation, the total for the entire search > will be too high. > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Itamar Syn-Hershko <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You get it from the search request that wraps the terms aggregation, >> under total hits in the root of the response >> >> -- >> >> Itamar Syn-Hershko >> http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> >> Freelance Developer & Consultant >> Author of RavenDB in Action <http://manning.com/synhershko/> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Michael Sander <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've started using aggregations heavily to make nifty little pie charts >>> like the one below. To generate the pie chart below, I ran a terms >>> aggregation on a particular field which has entries such as Sterne, Fish, >>> etc. However, the terms aggregation only returns a doc_count for each >>> individual term, but I'd also like to know the total doc_count so that I >>> can create another pie slice for "other." Is there any way to do this in a >>> single aggregation call? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QaE4hTZVH-s/U8aD-Hifq_I/AAAAAAAACTQ/jnCH4frOURk/s1600/pie.png> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3f2f9311-52ff-4917-9d50-a48635f60957%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3f2f9311-52ff-4917-9d50-a48635f60957%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/OM6KSy88iEo/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHTr4ZuzRTe48eGgm%2BweE%2BnkzhZTpc8wp0bZoCYbGvLeEkZS5Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHTr4ZuzRTe48eGgm%2BweE%2BnkzhZTpc8wp0bZoCYbGvLeEkZS5Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAFa8q3aSX%3D6QmTK5Qw9NoQoaHMChgbSkaYBwfqwPePVHLQqnKw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAFa8q3aSX%3D6QmTK5Qw9NoQoaHMChgbSkaYBwfqwPePVHLQqnKw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHTr4ZvnieNQrHGpHfC0nc8E1hUWKU81bx4hYJD0wzVREZ7QBg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
