# How can I export all documents in an index for later reuse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-export-all-documents-in-an-index-for-later-reuse/234701 "2020-05-28T09:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eizquierdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eizquierdo/32/68877_2.png) [@eizquierdo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eizquierdo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-export-all-documents-in-an-index-for-later-reuse/234701/1 "2020-05-28T09:17:15Z")
What I’m looking for is exactly what Kibana does when installing sample data. It imports all the data of the samples and updates the timestamp relative to current time: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/getting-started.html#get-data-in](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/getting-started.html#get-data-in) What is the best approach for doing that? ---
**Author:** ![eizquierdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eizquierdo/32/68877_2.png) [@eizquierdo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eizquierdo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-export-all-documents-in-an-index-for-later-reuse/234701/2 "2020-06-01T08:01:26Z")
I've been trying with snapshots and BULK updates, but I didn't get it done. Any inspiring idea? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-export-all-documents-in-an-index-for-later-reuse/234701/3 "2020-06-29T08:01:31Z")
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