# How does Pentaho Kettle's ElasticSearch Bulk Insert plugin specify parent\_id when synchronizing data?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-pentaho-kettles-elasticsearch-bulk-insert-plugin-specify-parent-id-when-synchronizing-data/156843>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-pentaho-kettles-elasticsearch-bulk-insert-plugin-specify-parent-id-when-synchronizing-data/156843 "2018-11-15T11:38:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhen\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/2acd7d/32.png) [@Zhen\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zhen_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-pentaho-kettles-elasticsearch-bulk-insert-plugin-specify-parent-id-when-synchronizing-data/156843/1 "2018-11-15T11:38:25Z")

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I am currently using Kettle to sync my data. I am having a problem now. How do I set the parent\_id? Please help me.

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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 15, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-pentaho-kettles-elasticsearch-bulk-insert-plugin-specify-parent-id-when-synchronizing-data/156843/2 "2018-11-15T11:46:31Z")

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That seems more like a question for a Pentaho/Kettle forum.

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**Author:** ![Zhen\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/2acd7d/32.png) [@Zhen\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zhen_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-pentaho-kettles-elasticsearch-bulk-insert-plugin-specify-parent-id-when-synchronizing-data/156843/3 "2018-11-15T12:24:20Z")

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> [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](#):
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> Pentaho / Kettle

thank you very much

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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 13, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-pentaho-kettles-elasticsearch-bulk-insert-plugin-specify-parent-id-when-synchronizing-data/156843/4 "2018-12-13T12:24:25Z")

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Closed on December 13, 2018, 12:24pm UTC

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