[[ml-get-influencer]]
==== Get Influencers

The get influencers API enables you to retrieve information about the influencers
in a job.

===== Request

`GET _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/results/influencers`

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===== Description

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===== Path Parameters

`job_id`::
  (+string+) Identifier for the job.

===== Request Body

`desc`::
  (+boolean+) If true, the results are sorted in descending order.
//TBD: Using the "sort" value?

`end`::
  (+string+) Returns influencers with timestamps earlier than this time.

`from`::
  (+integer+) Skips the specified number of influencers.

`include_interim`::
  (+boolean+) If true, the output includes interim results.

`influencer_score`::
  (+double+) Returns influencers with anomaly scores higher than this value.

`size`::
  (+integer+) Specifies the maximum number of influencers to obtain.

`sort`::
  (+string+) Specifies the sort field for the requested influencers.
//TBD: By default the results are sorted on the influencer score?

`start`::
  (+string+) Returns influencers with timestamps after this time.

===== Results

The API returns the following information:

`influencers`::
  (+array+) An array of influencer objects.
  For more information, see <<ml-results-influencers,Influencers>>.

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===== Responses

200
(EmptyResponse) The cluster has been successfully deleted
404
(BasicFailedReply) The cluster specified by {cluster_id} cannot be found (code: clusters.cluster_not_found)
412
(BasicFailedReply) The Elasticsearch cluster has not been shutdown yet (code: clusters.cluster_plan_state_error)
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===== Examples

The following example gets influencer information for the `it_ops_new_kpi` job:

[source,js]
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GET _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/it_ops_new_kpi/results/influencers
{
  "sort": "influencer_score",
  "desc": true
}
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:todo]

In this example, the API returns the following information, sorted based on the
influencer score in descending order:
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{
  "count": 28,
  "influencers": [
    {
      "job_id": "it_ops_new_kpi",
      "result_type": "influencer",
      "influencer_field_name": "kpi_indicator",
      "influencer_field_value": "online_purchases",
      "kpi_indicator": "online_purchases",
      "influencer_score": 94.1386,
      "initial_influencer_score": 94.1386,
      "probability": 0.000111612,
      "sequence_num": 2,
      "bucket_span": 600,
      "is_interim": false,
      "timestamp": 1454943600000
    },
  ...
  ]
}
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