# Can index creation be cancelled daily

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, metricbeat\
**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023 "2019-08-21T01:39:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![longfu.zhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@longfu.zhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/longfu.zhu)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023/1 "2019-08-21T01:39:53Z")

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- Can index creation be cancelled daily Metricbeat6.7.1 elasticSearch 6.7.1 kibana 6.7.1

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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:** [August 21, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023/2 "2019-08-21T05:50:58Z")

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What do you mean by cancelled daily?

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**Author:** ![longfu.zhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@longfu.zhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/longfu.zhu)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023/3 "2019-08-21T06:04:49Z")

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- There is only one index in es

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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:** [August 21, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023/4 "2019-08-21T07:04:52Z")

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Why do you want a single index instead of time-based ones? If Daily indices seem excessive I would recommend switching to monthly ones rather that go to a single one.

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**Author:** ![longfu.zhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@longfu.zhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/longfu.zhu)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023/5 "2019-08-21T07:10:59Z")

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Because the daily index looks a lot, the monthly index, how do you configure it

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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:** [September 18, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-creation-be-cancelled-daily/196023/6 "2019-09-18T07:11:04Z")

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