# Can users do a search and get all the details or is it only aggregated data that we can see from the cold tier

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 9, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940 "2025-04-09T07:09:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Farheen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@Farheen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farheen)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940/1 "2025-04-09T07:09:15Z")

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In the cold phase, are all fields searchable?

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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:** [April 9, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940/2 "2025-04-09T07:11:32Z")

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The fields that are searchable do not change between tiers as the index itself does not change.

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**Author:** ![Farheen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@Farheen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farheen)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940/3 "2025-04-09T07:13:42Z")

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can users do a search and get all the details or is it only aggregated data that we can see from the cold tier

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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:** [April 9, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940/4 "2025-04-09T07:18:44Z")

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They can do both. There is nothing functionally that separates a hot from a cold tier. What differs is generally performance, latency and cost.

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**Author:** ![Farheen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@Farheen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farheen)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-users-do-a-search-and-get-all-the-details-or-is-it-only-aggregated-data-that-we-can-see-from-the-cold-tier/376940/5 "2025-04-09T07:26:26Z")

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Thank you so much Christian.