# Can we use elasticsearch for relational data use case

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elasticsearch-for-relational-data-use-case/176457>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elasticsearch-for-relational-data-use-case/176457 "2019-04-11T16:37:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![adityaPsl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@adityaPsl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adityaPsl)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elasticsearch-for-relational-data-use-case/176457/1 "2019-04-11T16:37:20Z")

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Hello Team,

Could yo please let me know if i can use Elasticsearch effectively for relational data sue case , where i can make joins and generate metric/visualizations on joined and grouped data.

Elasticsearch Version : 6.3

Thank you,  
Aditya

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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 11, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elasticsearch-for-relational-data-use-case/176457/2 "2019-04-11T17:17:03Z")

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Elasticsearch is not a relational data store and does not support joins. In order to use Elasticsearch you will therefore likely need to restructure your data, e.g. through denormalization.

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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:** [May 9, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-elasticsearch-for-relational-data-use-case/176457/3 "2019-05-09T17:17:08Z")

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