# Addition/Deletion Operation on Nested Documents **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/addition-deletion-operation-on-nested-documents/9060 "2012-09-19T05:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deepak\_Chezhian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Deepak\_Chezhian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deepak_Chezhian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/addition-deletion-operation-on-nested-documents/9060/1 "2012-09-19T05:10:57Z")
Hi, I have an use case in which i am often adding or removing the nested documents but there is no change in the parent document. Is it possible to do Add or Remove nested documents without re-indexing the whole parent document? Regards, Deepak -- ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/addition-deletion-operation-on-nested-documents/9060/2 "2012-09-19T07:31:38Z")
Simple answer: no I think it would be theoretically possible to delete the nested document at the Lucene level but elasticsearch does not have API for that. Lukas Dne 19.9.2012 7:10 "Deepak Chezhian" [cdeepakcse@gmail.com](mailto:cdeepakcse@gmail.com) napsal(a): > Hi, > > I have an use case in which i am often adding or removing the nested > documents but there is no change in the parent document. Is it possible to > do Add or Remove nested documents without re-indexing the whole parent > document? > > Regards, > Deepak > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/addition-deletion-operation-on-nested-documents/9060/3 "2012-09-19T07:35:33Z")
BTW: if you did not disable \_source you might want to look at Update API, it does reindexing for you but gives you an elegant shortcut for that. Dne 19.9.2012 9:31 "Lukáš Vlček" [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) napsal(a): > Simple answer: no > > I think it would be theoretically possible to delete the nested document > at the Lucene level but elasticsearch does not have API for that. > > Lukas > Dne 19.9.2012 7:10 "Deepak Chezhian" [cdeepakcse@gmail.com](mailto:cdeepakcse@gmail.com) napsal(a): > > > Hi, > > > > I have an use case in which i am often adding or removing the nested > > documents but there is no change in the parent document. Is it possible to > > do Add or Remove nested documents without re-indexing the whole parent > > document? > > > > Regards, > > Deepak > > > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![Deepak\_Chezhian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Deepak\_Chezhian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deepak_Chezhian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/addition-deletion-operation-on-nested-documents/9060/4 "2012-09-19T11:24:12Z")
Hi Lukas, I tried update api with scripting, am able to add nested document but am not able to remove the existing documents. I have used the examples in the following url for creating index and documents. > For Addition, i have tried the following query. It worked. { "script" : "ctx.\_source.works += work", "params" : { "work" : { "title" : "dad", "current" : true } } } For removal, i have used the following query but it doesnt work. { "script" : "ctx.\_source.works -= work", "params" : { "work" : { "title" : "dad", "current" : true } } } Is there any other way of adding or removing documents from the nested documents using update api. Regards, Deepak On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 11:35:36 UTC+4, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > BTW: if you did not disable \_source you might want to look at Update API, > it does reindexing for you but gives you an elegant shortcut for that. > Dne 19.9.2012 9:31 "Lukáš Vlček" \<[lukas...@gmail.com](mailto:lukas...@gmail.com) \\> > napsal(a): > > > Simple answer: no > > > > I think it would be theoretically possible to delete the nested document > > at the Lucene level but elasticsearch does not have API for that. > > > > Lukas > > Dne 19.9.2012 7:10 "Deepak Chezhian" \<[cdeep...@gmail.com](mailto:cdeep...@gmail.com) \\> > > napsal(a): > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have an use case in which i am often adding or removing the nested > > > documents but there is no change in the parent document. Is it possible to > > > do Add or Remove nested documents without re-indexing the whole parent > > > document? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Deepak > > > > > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/addition-deletion-operation-on-nested-documents/9060/5 "2017-07-06T03:12:21Z")