# Index action add \_routing to documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-action-add-routing-to-documents/126189>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [March 30, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-action-add-routing-to-documents/126189 "2018-03-30T06:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![None123455555](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@None123455555](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/None123455555)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-action-add-routing-to-documents/126189/1 "2018-03-30T06:12:10Z")

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Is it possible to add the \_routing to each document when using an index action?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-action-add-routing-to-documents/126189/2 "2018-03-30T09:00:23Z")

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Hey,

this is currently not possible. Maybe using aliases with routing could help you as a (admittantly not really nice) workaround? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/indices-aliases.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/indices-aliases.html)

--Alex

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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:** [April 27, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-action-add-routing-to-documents/126189/3 "2018-04-27T09:00:43Z")

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