# How to insert data to existing Elasticsearch table from spark

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-existing-elasticsearch-table-from-spark/24285
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-existing-elasticsearch-table-from-spark/24285 "2015-06-24T17:45:33Z")
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### Author: ![manasdebashiskar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@manasdebashiskar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manasdebashiskar)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-existing-elasticsearch-table-from-spark/24285/1 "2015-06-24T17:45:33Z")

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Hi,  
How can I insert my incoming data to an existing ES table via spark.  
does savetoES() inserts to a table that exists already?

Thanks  
Manas

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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 6, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-existing-elasticsearch-table-from-spark/24285/2 "2017-07-06T00:05:33Z")

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