# How the \_source field helps in snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725 "2021-05-11T16:16:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Shinde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Shinde)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725/1 "2021-05-11T16:16:37Z")

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Hey Guys, I would need to know how the \_source field helps in the Snapshot and Restore scenario?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725/2 "2021-05-11T18:39:07Z")

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It does not.

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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Shinde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Shinde)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725/3 "2021-05-11T18:57:05Z")

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When to keep \_souce field ON? In which all scenario the field helpful?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725/4 "2021-05-11T20:19:51Z")

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When you want to do reindex from remote, when you want to display the original object to your users... Many other use cases or features might need it, like ingest nodes...

In general, it's better to keep it.

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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:** [June 8, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-source-field-helps-in-snapshot/272725/5 "2021-06-08T20:19:58Z")

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