# Bulk vs Single operations for 1 document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 18, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522 "2021-11-18T03:07:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![LinHuiqing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/linhuiqing/32/97249_2.png) [@LinHuiqing](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LinHuiqing)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522/1 "2021-11-18T03:07:18Z")

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Hi, I understand that using bulk operations when there are many operations to be made brings performance benefits based on forums and documentation. However, how does a bulk operation with a single operation compare to simply using a single operation? E.g. update document.

Asking this to find out if code with the bulk operation should be reused for single operations as well.

Thank you! 🙂

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**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:** [November 22, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522/2 "2021-11-22T00:15:36Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

For single actions, there's not a lot of benefit.

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**Author:** ![LinHuiqing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/linhuiqing/32/97249_2.png) [@LinHuiqing](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LinHuiqing)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522/3 "2021-11-29T01:29:30Z")

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Hi @warkolm thank you! 🙂

Is there any benefit though? Or would it be worse that using single operations?

Thanks in advance!

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**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:** [November 29, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522/4 "2021-11-29T03:25:02Z")

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If you have to code around picking between these based on the document count, just use bulk.

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**Author:** ![LinHuiqing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/linhuiqing/32/97249_2.png) [@LinHuiqing](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LinHuiqing)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522/5 "2021-11-29T06:45:09Z")

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Alright, thank you! 🙂

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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:** [December 27, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-vs-single-operations-for-1-document/289522/6 "2021-12-27T06:45:12Z")

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