# How to check used filed data cache for before running every query and after query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-used-filed-data-cache-for-before-running-every-query-and-after-query/37816>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 23, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-used-filed-data-cache-for-before-running-every-query-and-after-query/37816 "2015-12-23T05:21:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![justnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@justnj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justnj)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-used-filed-data-cache-for-before-running-every-query-and-after-query/37816/1 "2015-12-23T05:21:59Z")

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I want to monitor field data cache .. the growth .... .. command and plugin where and how to check

how to check used filled data cache for before running every query and after query.

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**Author:** ![justnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@justnj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justnj)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-used-filed-data-cache-for-before-running-every-query-and-after-query/37816/2 "2015-12-23T06:21:26Z")

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> [@justnj](#):
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> I want to monitor field data cache .. the growth .... .. command and plugin where and how to check
> 
> how to check used filled data cache for before running every query and after query.

I want to monitor field data cache .. the growth .... .. command and plugin where and how to check

how to check used filled data cache for before running every query and after query.

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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:** [December 23, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-used-filed-data-cache-for-before-running-every-query-and-after-query/37816/3 "2015-12-23T23:48:26Z")

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Check [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-fielddata.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-fielddata.html)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-used-filed-data-cache-for-before-running-every-query-and-after-query/37816/4 "2017-07-05T23:28:58Z")

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