[[java-aggs-bucket-missing]]
==== Missing Aggregation

Here is how you can use
{ref}/search-aggregations-bucket-missing-aggregation.html[Missing Aggregation]
with Java API.


===== Prepare aggregation request

Here is an example on how to create the aggregation request:

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilders.missing("agg").field("gender");
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===== Use aggregation response

Import Aggregation definition classes:

[source,java]
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import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.missing.Missing;
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[source,java]
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// sr is here your SearchResponse object
Missing agg = sr.getAggregations().get("agg");
agg.getDocCount(); // Doc count
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