# Alternative for SQL transaction in Elastic-search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-for-sql-transaction-in-elastic-search/299166>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 9, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-for-sql-transaction-in-elastic-search/299166 "2022-03-09T04:37:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muhammad\_Hamza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/muhammad_hamza/32/100807_2.png) [@Muhammad\_Hamza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muhammad_Hamza)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-for-sql-transaction-in-elastic-search/299166/1 "2022-03-09T04:37:08Z")

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Is there any alternative to **SQL Transactions** in Elastic-search?  
I want to perform multiple bulk indexing operations in batches and if any batch fails at some point, I would like to revert the whole indexing process.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-for-sql-transaction-in-elastic-search/299166/2 "2022-03-09T05:36:39Z")

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No, there is not. Elasticsearch does not support transactions.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-for-sql-transaction-in-elastic-search/299166/3 "2022-04-06T05:37:22Z")

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