# How get the \_source data when the \_source is disabled?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-get-the-source-data-when-the-source-is-disabled/314160>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 12, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-get-the-source-data-when-the-source-is-disabled/314160 "2022-09-12T05:30:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarthak\_Agarwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sarthak_agarwal/32/110339_2.png) [@Sarthak\_Agarwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sarthak_Agarwal)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-get-the-source-data-when-the-source-is-disabled/314160/1 "2022-09-12T05:30:22Z")

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I have one index whose \_source is disabled. Now I want to migrate data from this index to a different elasticsearch cluster ? The issue is I only get metadata fields while searching. How can I retrieve and transfer \_source also to the new cluster ?

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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:** [September 12, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-get-the-source-data-when-the-source-is-disabled/314160/2 "2022-09-12T06:04:00Z")

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You will need to reindex the data from it's original source, ie from outside of Elasticsearch. There's nothing that Elasticsearch can do here to assist you sorry to say.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-get-the-source-data-when-the-source-is-disabled/314160/3 "2022-09-12T06:07:47Z")

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I think you could use snapshot and restore to move the index to another cluster but this will only move the indexed fields and will not restore the `_source` which is disable from original cluster / index.

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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:** [October 10, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-get-the-source-data-when-the-source-is-disabled/314160/4 "2022-10-10T06:08:01Z")

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