# How to update an index/indice in Elasticsearch?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-an-index-indice-in-elasticsearch/63912
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 25, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-an-index-indice-in-elasticsearch/63912 "2016-10-25T17:17:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Kulasangar\_Gowrisang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kulasangar_Gowrisang)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-an-index-indice-in-elasticsearch/63912/1 "2016-10-25T17:17:26Z")
I've already got my index (`response_summary`) created using `logstash`, which puts data into the index from a MySQL database.
My concern here is, how will I be able to update the index manually whenever a new set of records are being added to the database without deleting and recreating the index yet again.
Or is there a way that it can be done automatically, whenever a db change is done?
Any help could be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2016, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-an-index-indice-in-elasticsearch/63912/2 "2016-10-26T09:20:17Z")
You could use the SQL row ID as the ES document ID, so that it'll just update or create, as required.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-an-index-indice-in-elasticsearch/63912/3 "2017-07-05T22:09:38Z")