elasticsearch/docs/java-api/aggregations/bucket/terms-aggregation.asciidoc

[[java-aggs-bucket-terms]]
==== Terms Aggregation

Here is how you can use
{ref}/search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation.html[Terms 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
    .terms("genders")
    .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.terms.Terms;
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[source,java]
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// sr is here your SearchResponse object
Terms genders = sr.getAggregations().get("genders");

// For each entry
for (Terms.Bucket entry : genders.getBuckets()) {
    entry.getKey();      // Term
    entry.getDocCount(); // Doc count
}
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===== Order

Import bucket ordering strategy classes:

[source,java]
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import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.BucketOrder;
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Ordering the buckets by their `doc_count` in an ascending manner:

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilders
    .terms("genders")
    .field("gender")
    .order(BucketOrder.count(true))
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Ordering the buckets alphabetically by their terms in an ascending manner:

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilders
    .terms("genders")
    .field("gender")
    .order(BucketOrder.key(true))
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Ordering the buckets by single value metrics sub-aggregation (identified by the aggregation name):

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilders
    .terms("genders")
    .field("gender")
    .order(BucketOrder.aggregation("avg_height", false))
    .subAggregation(
        AggregationBuilders.avg("avg_height").field("height")
    )
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Ordering the buckets by multiple criteria:

[source,java]
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AggregationBuilders
    .terms("genders")
    .field("gender")
    .order(BucketOrder.compound( // in order of priority:
        BucketOrder.aggregation("avg_height", false), // sort by sub-aggregation first
        BucketOrder.count(true))) // then bucket count as a tie-breaker
    .subAggregation(
        AggregationBuilders.avg("avg_height").field("height")
    )
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