# Does Rally support aliases?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098 "2020-03-26T02:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![vrozov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vrozov/32/65080_2.png) [@vrozov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vrozov)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098/1 "2020-03-26T02:34:23Z")

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I can't find anything in the documentation on how to work with aliases in Rally. Are they supported?

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**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:** [March 26, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098/2 "2020-03-26T05:26:15Z")

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What are you looking to do?

I have created custom tracks where I have queries through aliases so it is definitely possible.

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**Author:** ![vrozov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vrozov/32/65080_2.png) [@vrozov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vrozov)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098/3 "2020-03-26T06:08:08Z")

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I'd like to create an index and an alias and query data using the alias.

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**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:** [March 26, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098/4 "2020-03-26T06:14:45Z")

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I do not understand the point of this, but you should be able to create the alias either using a [raw-request](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/track.html#raw-request) or through index settings when you [explicitly create the index](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/track.html#create-index).

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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:** [April 23, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-rally-support-aliases/225098/5 "2020-04-23T06:14:52Z")

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Closed on April 23, 2020, 6:14am UTC

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