# ElasticSearch data to a simple file
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-to-a-simple-file/7885
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 28, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-to-a-simple-file/7885 "2012-05-28T09:16:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Prab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prab)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-to-a-simple-file/7885/1 "2012-05-28T09:16:09Z")
Hello,
I would like to convert all data stored in ES to a simple file. Exact use
case is,
I would be storing logs in ES with timestamp as index and when user
triggers a file request operation it should provide a log file (in a file
system) with all the data.
is there anyway to do this? ( i was thinking to search for \_all and parse
the JSON and then add to a file - this is going to be a over kill)
-Prab
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### Author:  [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-to-a-simple-file/7885/2 "2012-05-29T18:24:53Z")
It is more efficient to scan across your values:
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However, if your data is large enough to merit use a scan, then
perhaps it is too big to place into a file. How many documents will
you be outputting?
--
Ivan
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Prab [itsmeprabhakar@gmail.com](mailto:itsmeprabhakar@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to convert all data stored in ES to a simple file. Exact use
> case is,
>
> I would be storing logs in ES with timestamp as index and when user triggers
> a file request operation it should provide a log file (in a file system)
> with all the data.
>
> is there anyway to do this? ( i was thinking to search for \_all and parse
> the JSON and then add to a file - this is going to be a over kill)
>
> -Prab
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-to-a-simple-file/7885/3 "2017-07-06T03:26:33Z")