Max Bucket Aggregationedit
A sibling pipeline aggregation which identifies the bucket(s) with the maximum value of a specified metric in a sibling aggregation and outputs both the value and the key(s) of the bucket(s). The specified metric must be numeric and the sibling aggregation must be a multi-bucket aggregation.
Syntaxedit
A max_bucket aggregation looks like this in isolation:
{
"max_bucket": {
"buckets_path": "the_sum"
}
}
Table 11. max_bucket Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description | Required | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
The path to the buckets we wish to find the maximum for (see |
Required |
|
|
The policy to apply when gaps are found in the data (see Dealing with gaps in the data for more details) |
Optional |
|
|
format to apply to the output value of this aggregation |
Optional |
|
The following snippet calculates the maximum of the total monthly sales:
POST /sales/_search
{
"size": 0,
"aggs" : {
"sales_per_month" : {
"date_histogram" : {
"field" : "date",
"calendar_interval" : "month"
},
"aggs": {
"sales": {
"sum": {
"field": "price"
}
}
}
},
"max_monthly_sales": {
"max_bucket": {
"buckets_path": "sales_per_month>sales"
}
}
}
}
|
|
And the following may be the response:
{
"took": 11,
"timed_out": false,
"_shards": ...,
"hits": ...,
"aggregations": {
"sales_per_month": {
"buckets": [
{
"key_as_string": "2015/01/01 00:00:00",
"key": 1420070400000,
"doc_count": 3,
"sales": {
"value": 550.0
}
},
{
"key_as_string": "2015/02/01 00:00:00",
"key": 1422748800000,
"doc_count": 2,
"sales": {
"value": 60.0
}
},
{
"key_as_string": "2015/03/01 00:00:00",
"key": 1425168000000,
"doc_count": 2,
"sales": {
"value": 375.0
}
}
]
},
"max_monthly_sales": {
"keys": ["2015/01/01 00:00:00"],
"value": 550.0
}
}
}