```
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
} else if (p instanceof Project) {
                        seenProjection.set(Boolean.TRUE);
                    }
                } while (recheck);
                used.addAll(p.references());
                
                return p;
            });
            return pl;
        }
        /**
         * Prunes attributes from the list not found in the given set.
         * Returns null if no changed occurred.
         */
        private static <N extends NamedExpression> List<N> removeUnused(List<N> named, AttributeSet used) {
            var clone = new ArrayList<>(named);
            var it = clone.listIterator(clone.size());
            
            while (it.hasPrevious()) {
                N prev = it.previous();
                if (used.contains(prev.toAttribute()) == false) {
                    it.remove();
                } else {
                    used.addAll(prev.references());
                }
            }
            return clone.size() != named.size() ? clone : null;
        }
    }
    static class PruneOrderByBeforeStats extends OptimizerRules.OptimizerRule<Aggregate> {