# Does ES2 Support scroll and search\_after for Retrieving \>10K Data **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 12, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104 "2021-11-12T22:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theodoreandrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@theodoreandrew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theodoreandrew)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/1 "2021-11-12T22:20:19Z")
Hey guys, I have a question about ES version 2. Does ES2 support scroll and search\_after for retrieving \>10K data? If ES2 doesn't support scroll and search\_after, how can I retrieve \>10K data on ES2? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/2 "2021-11-14T06:15:00Z")
Elasticsearch 2.x is VERY old and have been EOL a for many years now. You should really look to upgrade, especially as a lot of improvements have been made in the area you are asking about. As far as I can recall you will need to [use a scroll query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/search-request-scroll.html) to retrieve large number of documents in Elasticsearch 2.x. ---
**Author:** ![theodoreandrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@theodoreandrew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theodoreandrew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/3 "2021-11-16T17:02:56Z")
Gotcha. I assume that search\_after is not supported in ES2 right? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/4 "2021-11-16T17:03:34Z")
I do not think so. ---
**Author:** ![theodoreandrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@theodoreandrew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theodoreandrew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/5 "2021-11-16T17:17:12Z")
I wanna ask, in which case can I use scroll api instead of search\_after? What are difference between the two? I know that scroll keeps the index open until we close it or the time expires, but I am still not really clear about the difference. Also, I am not clear about what it means by real time request because I saw that scroll is not intended for real time user request. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/6 "2021-11-16T17:27:17Z")
Elasticsearch 2.x is as I stated earlier VERY old. I would recommend upgrading. I have not used that version in years and remember very little. Not sure I can help more than that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-es2-support-scroll-and-search-after-for-retrieving-10k-data/289104/7 "2021-12-14T17:27:29Z")
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