# Elasticsearch suitability

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suitability/136135>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suitability/136135 "2018-06-15T20:13:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vinodhkannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e7dd6/32.png) [@vinodhkannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinodhkannan)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suitability/136135/1 "2018-06-15T20:13:54Z")

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Apologies if the below is a naive/dumb query, I am new to Elasticsearch request to excuse. I want to know if I can use Elasticsearch for the below requirement.

I have an application which runs 100s of jobs/tasks on a daily basis. I am looking for an analytics solution that can check the application and based on past data determine that a particular job is taking more than expected time for execution and send out an alert.

The application's DB(MS-SQL) has the required data for tapping real-time info/status of the tasks.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suitability/136135/2 "2018-06-15T20:33:02Z")

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If you can export the data from your database, eg using the JDBC connector in Logstash, then you can totally use Elasticsearch and Watcher for this sort of thing!

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**Author:** ![vinodhkannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e7dd6/32.png) [@vinodhkannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinodhkannan)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suitability/136135/3 "2018-06-18T16:22:52Z")

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Thank you Mark.

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suitability/136135/4 "2018-07-16T16:22:56Z")

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Closed on July 16, 2018, 4:22pm UTC

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