# How to scroll all data in es cluster cross indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656 "2016-11-02T03:02:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![111138](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c6cbf5/32.png) [@111138](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111138)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656/1 "2016-11-02T03:02:07Z")

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now,we have too many indices,and that indices create or delete very dynamic.

so,how to scoll all data cross indices ?

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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:** [November 2, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656/2 "2016-11-02T09:29:15Z")

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Using the scroll API! 🙂  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/search-request-scroll.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/search-request-scroll.html)

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**Author:** ![111138](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c6cbf5/32.png) [@111138](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111138)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656/3 "2016-11-03T05:49:19Z")

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i know the API `scroll`。

but ,its scroll all data of one index. cant cross indices.

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**Author:** ![xavierfacq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xavierfacq/32/8744_2.png) [@xavierfacq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavierfacq)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656/4 "2016-11-03T06:22:27Z")

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Set the same alias to all your indices, ans scroll over the alias name ?

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**Author:** ![111138](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c6cbf5/32.png) [@111138](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111138)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656/5 "2016-11-03T07:57:33Z")

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good idea!

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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, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-scroll-all-data-in-es-cluster-cross-indices/64656/6 "2017-07-05T22:07:01Z")

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