# About \_routing or path being " Deprecated in 1.5.0" **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 16, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about--routing-or-path-being-deprecated-in-1-5-0/32420 "2015-10-16T21:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gdeconto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@gdeconto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gdeconto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about--routing-or-path-being-deprecated-in-1-5-0/32420/1 "2015-10-16T21:49:10Z")
hi all. in the elasticsearch v1.7 docs, I see "Deprecated in 1.5.0" on the \_routing page just below the info for the "path" field. my question is: does that mean that "path" is deprecated or is "\_routing" deprecated. if path is deprecated but \_routing isn't, how do we specify what to route on? if routing is deprecated, has it been replaced by some other mechanism as this is an important performance feature when you have a large index? thx ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about--routing-or-path-being-deprecated-in-1-5-0/32420/2 "2015-10-16T21:54:37Z")
It means the path value for routing is deprecated and you need to specify the routing value in the URL. See [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/6730](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/6730) for more. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about--routing-or-path-being-deprecated-in-1-5-0/32420/3 "2017-07-05T23:44:17Z")