```
show functions | rename synopsis AS foo | stats bar = count(*) by foo | drop foo
```

```
{
    "error": {
        "root_cause": [
            {
                "type": "null_pointer_exception",
                "reason": "Cannot invoke \"org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.Attribute.id()\" because \"sourceAttribute\" is null"
            }
        ],
        "type": "null_pointer_exception",
        "reason": "Cannot invoke \"org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.Attribute.id()\" because \"sourceAttribute\" is null"
    },
    "status": 500
}
```

```
[2023-11-14T09:49:51,479][WARN ][r.suppressed             ] [runTask-0] path: /_query, params: {format=txt}, status: 500 java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.Attribute.id()" because "sourceAttribute" is null
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.EsPhysicalOperationProviders.ordinalGroupingOperatorFactory(EsPhysicalOperationProviders.java:172)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.AbstractPhysicalOperationProviders.groupingPhysicalOperation(AbstractPhysicalOperationProviders.java:148)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.planAggregation(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:234)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:182)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.planAggregation(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:233)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:182)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.planProject(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:571)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:196)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.planLimit(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:610)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:200)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.planOutput(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:310)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:224)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.LocalExecutionPlanner.plan(LocalExecutionPlanner.java:168)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.ComputeService.runCompute(ComputeService.java:260)
```
x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/LogicalPlanOptimizer.java
@Override
        protected LogicalPlan rule(UnaryPlan plan) {
            return plan.output().isEmpty() ? skipPlan(plan) : plan;
        }
    }
    static class PropagateEmptyRelation extends OptimizerRules.OptimizerRule<UnaryPlan> {
        @Override
        protected LogicalPlan rule(UnaryPlan plan) {
            LogicalPlan p = plan;
            if (plan.child() instanceof LocalRelation local && local.supplier() == LocalSupplier.EMPTY) {
                
                if (plan instanceof Aggregate agg && agg.groupings().isEmpty()) {
                    List<Block> emptyBlocks = aggsFromEmpty(agg.aggregates());
                    p = skipPlan(plan, LocalSupplier.of(emptyBlocks.toArray(Block[]::new)));
                } else {
                    p = skipPlan(plan);
                }
            }
            return p;
        }
        private static List<Block> aggsFromEmpty(List<? extends NamedExpression> aggs) {
            
            List<Block> blocks = new ArrayList<>();
            var blockFactory = BlockFactory.getNonBreakingInstance();
            int i = 0;
            for (var agg : aggs) {