# Consult on approach

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consult-on-approach/235683>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consult-on-approach/235683 "2020-06-04T07:20:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![viditx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/838e76/32.png) [@viditx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/viditx)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consult-on-approach/235683/1 "2020-06-04T07:20:59Z")

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I am new to elastic and couldn't figure out how to use it.  
My requirement was to create a different index every day.  
For example:  
I run a certain job every day which create an index with name ABC  
I want to classify it into days, so I have two approaches

1. to append date in index name, i.e ABC\_01\_01\_2020, ABC\_02\_01\_2020
2. To use the current date as a nested type field.  
i.e ABC {  
01\_01\_2020{  
}  
02\_01\_2020{  
}  
}  
Which would be a better approach?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consult-on-approach/235683/2 "2020-06-05T01:05:03Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

You should check out [ILM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-lifecycle-management.html), it's a much easier way to do this for you.

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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 3, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consult-on-approach/235683/3 "2020-07-03T01:05:09Z")

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