Creating csv reports summarizing an index

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Versions (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser): OpenSearch 2.5.0. / Dashboard 2.5.0

Describe the issue:
Hi,

I would like to create reports as csv files that contain a summary of my index. Specifically I need the number of events in a given time period and the number of events for specific values of fields, but no detail of the events themselves. However, I did not find a way to configure Discover or a report to count events. Sadly, I need the results in a machine-readable format and visualizations (using a Dashboard for reports, for example) do not work for me as they only allow .png or .pdf reports. Is there any way to achieve such a report? Do I need to set up a different index to record/summarize event numbers?

Thanks a lot for your help,
Christine

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Since you want it machine readable, you would be better off just using the Dev Tools of OpenSearch Dashboards to run a query that will give you that information. The output will be in JSON format.

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Thank you a lot for your answer and I am very sorry to reply so late. I am looking for a solution that can be used by “frontend-only” users that want to retrieve data to use in Excel and such. I explored the option to write a different index containin summarized data and that might be a solution for my problem. Thank you again!