# Get repository folder name for an index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-repository-folder-name-for-an-index/345737>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [October 25, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-repository-folder-name-for-an-index/345737 "2023-10-25T13:55:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-repository-folder-name-for-an-index/345737/2 "2023-10-26T04:22:27Z")

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Hi @karan_c Welcome to the community.

Unfortunately, there is no there is user-consumable / user-accessible mapping between the UUIDs and indices.

Perhaps take a look at this post for a possible solution

> [@Is it possible to move a one time snapshot to Glacier?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-move-a-one-time-snapshot-to-glacier/327455):
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> Hi, In the docs, it states that after snapshotting an index to S3 you shouldn't transition it to Glacier. I have a use case where I would like to snapshot an index as a one off event and store it as cheaply as possible, but still recover in the off chance we'd ever need it again. In an ideal world I would make a snapshot for a given base\_path (folder in bucket) and then transition that base\_path to glacier. Any other snapshotting in the meantime will happen on a different base\_path. Then if we…

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