# Indexed document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexed-document/161282>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexed-document/161282 "2018-12-18T08:25:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Raghunadhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raghunadhan/32/44239_2.png) [@Raghunadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raghunadhan)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexed-document/161282/1 "2018-12-18T08:25:56Z")

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What does indexing a document mean? can you explain .

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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:** [December 18, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexed-document/161282/2 "2018-12-18T08:34:40Z")

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This link is a bit old, but still describes it quite well: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/data-in-data-out.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/data-in-data-out.html)

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**Author:** ![mjunaidmuzammil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mjunaidmuzammil/32/56910_2.png) [@mjunaidmuzammil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mjunaidmuzammil)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexed-document/161282/3 "2018-12-18T08:37:18Z")

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@Raghunadhan When you insert a document with in an ES index, inverted index is created/updated for searchable fields present in your document. This process of inserting a document in ES so that the inverted index is updated is termed as indexing a document.

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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:** [January 15, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexed-document/161282/4 "2019-01-15T08:37:20Z")

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Closed on January 15, 2019, 8:37am UTC

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