# Can index data?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291 "2012-10-09T14:32:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291/1 "2012-10-09T14:32:48Z")

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Hi

I want to index data like email(1),email(2),email(3).can i index this type  
of data.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Male](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chris_male/32/2607_2.png) [@Chris\_Male](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Male)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291/2 "2012-10-10T04:20:44Z")

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So you're wanting to index comma separated emails? You can absolutely index  
that.

On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:32:48 AM UTC+13, sam wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I want to index data like email(1),email(2),email(3).can i index this type  
> of data.
> 
> Thanks

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**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291/3 "2012-10-10T14:59:58Z")

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You misunderstood my question i want to index data like \*email(1) , \*i  
tried with data in parenthesis ,i got exception.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:02:48 PM UTC+5:30, sam wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I want to index data like email(1),email(2),email(3).can i index this type  
> of data.
> 
> Thanks

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**Author:** ![Jerome\_Gagnon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerome_gagnon/32/2178_2.png) [@Jerome\_Gagnon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerome_Gagnon)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291/4 "2012-10-10T15:18:22Z")

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If using the CURL API, did you put the string between "" like this  
"email(1),email(2),email(3)" ? Can you post a Gist of what you are trying  
to achieve ?

On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:59:58 AM UTC-4, sam wrote:

> You misunderstood my question i want to index data like \*email(1) , \*i  
> tried with data in parenthesis ,i got exception.
> 
> On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:02:48 PM UTC+5:30, sam wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I want to index data like email(1),email(2),email(3).can i index this  
> > type of data.
> > 
> > Thanks

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-index-data/9291/5 "2017-07-06T03:09:24Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:09am UTC