# Export and Import of Watchers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-and-import-of-watchers/99373>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 5, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-and-import-of-watchers/99373 "2017-09-05T06:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-and-import-of-watchers/99373/1 "2017-09-05T06:30:31Z")

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Is it possible to Export and Import the Watchers from one environment to other?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-and-import-of-watchers/99373/2 "2017-09-08T09:02:32Z")

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You can just run a scroll search against the `.watches` index or use snapshot/restore.

--Alex

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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:** [October 6, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-and-import-of-watchers/99373/3 "2017-10-06T09:02:39Z")

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