Performing Pipeline Aggregations in Elasticsearch 7.13

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Performing Pipeline Aggregations in Elasticsearch 7.13

Sometimes what we’d like to aggregate is the output of a previous aggregation. In Elasticsearch, we can accomplish this through pipeline aggregations. In this hands-on lab, we will write pipeline aggregations in Elasticsearch to further aggregate our data in order to answer more complex questions.

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Lab Info

Level

Advanced

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

3h 0m

Challenge

Craft an Aggregation to Answer the Question: What Is the Total Distance Travelled per Day and on Which Day was the Most Distance Travelled?

From the Kibana console, craft a pipeline aggregation on the flights dataset that answers the question.
Challenge

Craft an Aggregation to Answer the Question: What Is the Cumulative Sum of Flight Delay Time in Minutes per Day?

From the Kibana console, craft a pipeline aggregation on the flights dataset that answers the question.
Challenge

Craft an Aggregation to Answer the Question: What Is the Change in Average Ticket Price per Day and What Is the `min`, `max`, `avg`, and `sum` of That Change?

From the Kibana console, craft a pipeline aggregation on the flights dataset that answers the question.

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