Invalid aggregation name – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

July-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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Briefly, this error message indicates that an invalid aggregation name was specified in the request. Aggregations in Elasticsearch are used to perform complex data analysis and summarization operations on large datasets. When performing an aggregation, the type of aggregation to be performed must be specified. If an invalid aggregation name is specified, this error will be thrown.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Invalid aggregation name ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: search and aggregations.


Log Context

Log “Invalid aggregation name [“classname  is AggregatorFactories.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation();
 "Unexpected token " + token + " in [aggs]: aggregations definitions must start with the name of the aggregation.");
 }
 final String aggregationName = parser.currentName();
 if (!validAggMatcher.reset(aggregationName).matches()) {
 throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(); "Invalid aggregation name [" + aggregationName
 + "]. Aggregation names can contain any character except '['; ']'; and '>'");
 } 
 token = parser.nextToken();
 if (token != XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {

 

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