# Data retention - low resolution option? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 31, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-retention-low-resolution-option/105824 "2017-10-31T01:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ben5556](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben5556/32/101629_2.png) [@ben5556](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ben5556)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-retention-low-resolution-option/105824/1 "2017-10-31T01:22:59Z")
Hi, Is there an option to maintain data, older than 3 months and up to a year, within indices at a lower resolution level and maintain rich data detail for data up to 3 months ? Low resolution level could show data at a high level and not in high detail. Asking for this option to be able to save disk space for data older than 3 months by not retaining rich detail. Is this even possible ? Could you provide some similar options or recommended data retention policies/ design for review please ? Thanks! ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-retention-low-resolution-option/105824/2 "2017-10-31T03:21:29Z")
You can DIY this by running aggregations and then saving the results back into Elasticsearch, but there's nothing yet available that does this for you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-retention-low-resolution-option/105824/3 "2017-11-28T03:21:40Z")
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