```
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
CombineProjections() {
            super(TransformDirection.UP);
        }
        @Override
        protected LogicalPlan rule(UnaryPlan plan) {
            LogicalPlan child = plan.child();
            if (plan instanceof Project project) {
                if (child instanceof Project p) {
                    
                    return p.withProjections(combineProjections(project.projections(), p.projections()));
                } else if (child instanceof Aggregate a) {
                    return new Aggregate(a.source(), a.child(), a.groupings(), combineProjections(project.projections(), a.aggregates()));
                }
            }
            
            if (plan instanceof Aggregate a) {
                if (child instanceof Project p) {
                    return new Aggregate(a.source(), p.child(), a.groupings(), combineProjections(a.aggregates(), p.projections()));
                }
            }
            return plan;
        }
        
        
        
        private List<NamedExpression> combineProjections(List<? extends NamedExpression> upper, List<? extends NamedExpression> lower) {
            
            AttributeMap.Builder<NamedExpression> aliasesBuilder = AttributeMap.builder();