# I'm new and can you help me with the meaning

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-new-and-can-you-help-me-with-the-meaning/242724>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-new-and-can-you-help-me-with-the-meaning/242724 "2020-07-27T09:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![fatih\_erol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fatih_erol/32/72827_2.png) [@fatih\_erol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fatih_erol)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-new-and-can-you-help-me-with-the-meaning/242724/1 "2020-07-27T09:39:05Z")

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Hello, my data is on Sql server and I want to use ElasticSearch.  
Does ElasticSearch mean that there will also be a copy of the data?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-new-and-can-you-help-me-with-the-meaning/242724/2 "2020-07-27T09:52:04Z")

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Yes, the data need to be indexed into Elasticsearch for it to be searchable.

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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:** [August 24, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-new-and-can-you-help-me-with-the-meaning/242724/3 "2020-08-24T09:52:05Z")

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