# Does ES store \_id field in Lucene as its docid?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es-store-id-field-in-lucene-as-its-docid/215977>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es-store-id-field-in-lucene-as-its-docid/215977 "2020-01-22T04:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es-store-id-field-in-lucene-as-its-docid/215977/3 "2020-01-22T09:32:35Z")

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Please read the pinned post entitled [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21), particularly the part starting "also be patient". It is not polite to bump your thread just a few hours after opening it as you just did.

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