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Data stream stats API

Retrieves statistics for one or more data streams.

GET /_data_stream/my-data-stream/_stats

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the monitor or manage index privilege for the data stream.

Request

GET /_data_stream/<data-stream>/_stats

Path parameters

<data-stream>

(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of data streams used to limit the request. Wildcard expressions (*) are supported.

To target all data streams in a cluster, omit this parameter or use *.

Query parameters

expand_wildcards

(Optional, string) Type of data stream that wildcard patterns can match. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are:

all, hidden: Match any data stream, including hidden ones.
open, closed: Matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
none: Wildcard patterns are not accepted.

Defaults to open.

human

(Optional, Boolean) If true, the response includes statistics in human-readable byte values. Defaults to false.

Response body

_shards

(object) Contains information about shards that attempted to execute the request.

Properties of _shards

total: (integer) Total number of shards that attempted to execute the request.
successful: (integer) Number of shards that successfully executed the request.
failed: (integer) Number of shards that failed to execute the request.

data_stream_count

(integer) Total number of selected data streams.

backing_indices

(integer) Total number of backing indices for the selected data streams.

total_store_size

(byte value) Total size of all shards for the selected data streams. This property is included only if the human query parameter is true.

total_store_size_bytes

(integer) Total size, in bytes, of all shards for the selected data streams.

data_streams

(array of objects) Contains statistics for the selected data streams.

Properties of objects in data_streams

data_stream

(string) Name of the data stream.

backing_indices

(integer) Current number of backing indices for the data stream.

store_size

(byte value) Total size of all shards for the data stream’s backing indices. This parameter is only returned if the human query parameter is true.

store_size_bytes

(integer) Total size, in bytes, of all shards for the data stream’s backing indices.

maximum_timestamp

(integer) The data stream’s highest @timestamp value, converted to milliseconds since the Unix epoch.

This timestamp is provided as a best effort. The data stream may contain @timestamp values higher than this if one or more of the following conditions are met:

The stream contains closed backing indices.
Backing indices with a lower generation contain higher @timestamp values.

Examples

GET /_data_stream/my-data-stream*/_stats?human=true

The API returns the following response.

{
  "_shards": {
    "total": 10,
    "successful": 5,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "data_stream_count": 2,
  "backing_indices": 5,
  "total_store_size": "7kb",
  "total_store_size_bytes": 7268,
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "data_stream": "my-data-stream",
      "backing_indices": 3,
      "store_size": "3.7kb",
      "store_size_bytes": 3772,
      "maximum_timestamp": 1607512028000
    },
    {
      "data_stream": "my-data-stream-two",
      "backing_indices": 2,
      "store_size": "3.4kb",
      "store_size_bytes": 3496,
      "maximum_timestamp": 1607425567000
    }
  ]
}

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