Executing histogram aggregations

Elasticsearch numerical values can be used to process histogram data. The histogram representation is a very powerful way to show data to end users, mainly using bar charts.

Getting ready

You need an up and running Elasticsearch installation, as we described in the Downloading and installing Elasticsearch recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.

To execute the commands, any HTTP client can be used, such as curl (https://curl.haxx.se/), Postman (https://www.getpostman.com/), or similar. Using the Kibana Console is recommended, as it provides code completion and better character escaping for Elasticsearch.

To correctly execute the following commands, you will need an index...