# How to export an index to a csv file in elastic serach.. apart from using logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-an-index-to-a-csv-file-in-elastic-serach-apart-from-using-logstash/145788>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-an-index-to-a-csv-file-in-elastic-serach-apart-from-using-logstash/145788 "2018-08-23T19:17:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![marty11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@marty11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marty11)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-an-index-to-a-csv-file-in-elastic-serach-apart-from-using-logstash/145788/1 "2018-08-23T19:17:41Z")

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Hi... I want to export elastic search index to a csv...can you guys please suggests options apart from using logstash... Is dataformat olugin a good option.. Any limitation of dataformat plugin..

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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:** [September 20, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-an-index-to-a-csv-file-in-elastic-serach-apart-from-using-logstash/145788/2 "2018-09-20T19:17:44Z")

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