I forgot to index a field

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Hi.
I forgot to index a field called "n_citation" which is in type "integer".
When mapping the dataset, I decide to map the necessary fields (like "title" and "abstract") only to save my time. Now, it turns out that the "n_citation" field is important(maybe the most important field). I have 500GB dataset to map. What should I do now? Is there a quick way to reindex it?

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If the field is not part of the _source document yet, you need to reindex everything from the source as you initially did it.
If the field is part of it, you can may be use the _reindex API and just change the target index mapping.

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