# Decode update \_doc response

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/decode-update-doc-response/182123>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/decode-update-doc-response/182123 "2019-05-22T05:25:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![singla\_02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/singla_02/32/93620_2.png) [@singla\_02](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/singla_02)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/decode-update-doc-response/182123/1 "2019-05-22T05:25:59Z")

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Updating a document using following query. Document gets updated successfully but I would like to know what are the various fields in response represents ?

Query:

```
POST test-square/test-square/bz773WoBVFIuuuSKDD_Q/_update
{
  "doc": { 
    "user" : "kimchy-df",
    "post_date" : "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
    "message" : "trying out Elasticsearch"
  }
}

```

Response:

```
{
  "_index": "test-square",
  "_type": "test-square",
  "_id": "bz773WoBVFIuuuSKDD_Q",
  "_version": 2,
  "result": "updated",
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "successful": 2,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "_seq_no": 1,
  "_primary_term": 1
}

```

> successful = 2 ????

Why is successful = 2 when a single document is updated ?

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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:** [May 22, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/decode-update-doc-response/182123/2 "2019-05-22T05:50:02Z")

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Not sure but here's a guess. You have 1 primary and 1 replica?

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**Author:** ![singla\_02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/singla_02/32/93620_2.png) [@singla\_02](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/singla_02)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/decode-update-doc-response/182123/3 "2019-05-22T06:47:39Z")

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Ohk.. Yeah that is the case.

Thanks !!

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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:** [June 19, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/decode-update-doc-response/182123/4 "2019-06-19T06:47:50Z")

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