# Can watchers write to an elasticsearch index?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-watchers-write-to-an-elasticsearch-index/275597
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-watchers-write-to-an-elasticsearch-index/275597 "2021-06-10T15:59:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Matt\_McGovern](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matt_McGovern)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-watchers-write-to-an-elasticsearch-index/275597/1 "2021-06-10T15:59:14Z")
Is there any possibility in any of the new versions of kibana/elasticsearch, for a watcher to write to an elasticsearch index in an action?
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### Author:  [@devon.thomson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devon.thomson)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-watchers-write-to-an-elasticsearch-index/275597/2 "2021-06-10T19:48:42Z")
Yes, this is a capability of watchers. Take a look here for more information: [Watcher index action | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/actions-index.html)
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### Author:  [@Matt\_McGovern](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matt_McGovern)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-watchers-write-to-an-elasticsearch-index/275597/3 "2021-06-11T19:55:21Z")
Thank you, I'll check this out.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-watchers-write-to-an-elasticsearch-index/275597/4 "2021-07-09T19:56:20Z")
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