# Download of indices as download option

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/download-of-indices-as-download-option/316313>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 11, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/download-of-indices-as-download-option/316313 "2022-10-11T10:13:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sandeep\_Raju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sandeep\_Raju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandeep_Raju)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/download-of-indices-as-download-option/316313/1 "2022-10-11T10:13:09Z")

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Hi all,

Sometimes, I need to download entire index data for different purposes.  
Maybe use it for another place or app.  
There is no export button for getting Elasticsearch Index Data as json file or some other format in Kibana.

Only way which I can think of is to use Snapshot & Restore to transfer Index data from one server to another server. But I want to download Index Data.

I'm using Elasticsearch & Kibana 7.16.3

Anyway we Can do it?

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/download-of-indices-as-download-option/316313/2 "2022-10-25T14:26:56Z")

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Well you have different options:

- Download a CSV [report](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-getting-started.html) from Discover saved search
- Use the Elastic [JDBC driver](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-jdbc.html) to connect as a SQL database so you can maybe dump your index into another relational database. It requires a Platinum subscription.
- A community development that is very popular is [elasticsearch-dump](https://github.com/elasticsearch-dump/elasticsearch-dump).
- Write your own integration using any of the official SDKs, they should support [pagination](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/paginate-search-results.html).

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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:** [November 22, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/download-of-indices-as-download-option/316313/3 "2022-11-22T14:27:04Z")

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