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Average aggregations
The avg metric is a single-value metric aggregations that returns the average value of a field.
The following example calculates the average of the taxful_total_price field:
GET opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_ecommerce/_search
{
"size": 0,
"aggs": {
"avg_taxful_total_price": {
"avg": {
"field": "taxful_total_price"
}
}
}
}
Example response
{
"took": 85,
"timed_out": false,
"_shards": {
"total": 1,
"successful": 1,
"skipped": 0,
"failed": 0
},
"hits": {
"total": {
"value": 4675,
"relation": "eq"
},
"max_score": null,
"hits": []
},
"aggregations": {
"avg_taxful_total_price": {
"value": 75.05542864304813
}
}
}