# Index Lifecycle Policies vs Rollup Jobs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-vs-rollup-jobs/256290>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-vs-rollup-jobs/256290 "2020-11-23T00:12:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lamp123432](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@lamp123432](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lamp123432)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-vs-rollup-jobs/256290/1 "2020-11-23T00:12:37Z")

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Hello,

Can someone explain the main differences between Index Lifecycle Policies vs Rollup Jobs?

Thank you!

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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 23, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-vs-rollup-jobs/256290/2 "2020-11-23T00:14:28Z")

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Rollups summarises historic indices.  
ILM deletes historic indices.

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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:** [December 21, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-vs-rollup-jobs/256290/3 "2020-12-21T00:14:45Z")

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