# Get sample documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 21, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698 "2018-11-21T11:42:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oren\_Friman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oren_friman/32/42188_2.png) [@Oren\_Friman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oren_Friman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698/1 "2018-11-21T11:42:36Z")

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Hi, is there a way to fetch sample data from specific index ?

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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 21, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698/2 "2018-11-21T22:00:09Z")

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How do you define sample here? Is it a random selection of data, or a collection of the mean/median?

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Friman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oren_friman/32/42188_2.png) [@Oren\_Friman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oren_Friman)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698/3 "2018-11-22T06:30:27Z")

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random selection of data

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698/4 "2018-11-22T07:25:22Z")

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You should be able to [run a function score query with a random score function](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.5/query-dsl-function-score-query.html#function-random).

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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:** [December 20, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-sample-documents/157698/5 "2018-12-20T07:25:25Z")

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