# Debug.explain is not working

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-explain-is-not-working/126498
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-explain-is-not-working/126498 "2018-04-03T04:59:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![shivamkrpandey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@shivamkrpandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shivamkrpandey)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-explain-is-not-working/126498/1 "2018-04-03T04:59:12Z")

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I have the below script that I'm trying to execute to update a document. But `Debug.explain()` doesn't seem to be working. Any insights into this would be appreciated. My Elasticsearch version is `5.5.0`.

```auto
Script script = new Script(
      Script.DEFAULT_SCRIPT_TYPE,
      Script.DEFAULT_SCRIPT_LANG,
      """
            Object details = ctx._source.personDetails;
            Debug.explain(details); // This is not working

            // some other code

            return details;
       """,
       Collections.emptyMap()
 )

esClient.prepareUpdate(index, type, documentId).setScript(script).get()

```

Thanks!

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### Author: ![yaauie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yaauie/32/23363_2.png) [@yaauie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaauie)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-explain-is-not-working/126498/2 "2018-04-03T06:34:37Z")

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This doesn't look like a Logstash question 🙂

You may be better off asking in a different product forum.

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-explain-is-not-working/126498/3 "2018-04-03T07:57:17Z")

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I moved the question to #elasticsearch

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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 1, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-explain-is-not-working/126498/4 "2018-05-01T07:57:50Z")

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