# Fetching very large data (300K) at a time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fetching-very-large-data-300k-at-a-time/33704>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 4, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fetching-very-large-data-300k-at-a-time/33704 "2015-11-04T06:19:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gaurav\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gaurav_singh/32/5690_2.png) [@Gaurav\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gaurav_Singh)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fetching-very-large-data-300k-at-a-time/33704/1 "2015-11-04T06:19:02Z")

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I am trying to fetch a very large data for export as downloadable formats. But it is taking very long time . How can we optimize this and reduce response time ?

PS: I can not reduce size, as it is needed to export data in downloadable formats

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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:** [November 4, 2015, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fetching-very-large-data-300k-at-a-time/33704/2 "2015-11-04T07:10:48Z")

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Are you using scan/scroll?

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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 5, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fetching-very-large-data-300k-at-a-time/33704/3 "2017-07-05T23:40:43Z")

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