# Is enabling docValues and disabling index possible **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-enabling-docvalues-and-disabling-index-possible/21021 "2014-12-02T04:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vineeth_mohan_2/32/747_2.png) [@vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan_2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-enabling-docvalues-and-disabling-index-possible/21021/1 "2014-12-02T04:55:02Z")
Hi , I have a situation where a field is only used for aggregation , its never used for searching. In such cases , it doesn't make sense for this field to go to lucene reverse index. Rather if it can be only maintained in fieldData or docValues alone . that would save me some good amount of space and might optimize performance. Is this possible ? Thanks Vineeth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5kxgex5BwLVxz6N8gwAGCmUwSiBRPuXAu7PbqCGT%2BH0kA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5kxgex5BwLVxz6N8gwAGCmUwSiBRPuXAu7PbqCGT%2BH0kA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-enabling-docvalues-and-disabling-index-possible/21021/2 "2014-12-03T13:37:46Z")
Yes, you can have a field that is not indexed but has doc values. In that case, elasticsearch will build columnar storage for that field, but no inverted index. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:55 AM, vineeth mohan [vm.vineethmohan@gmail.com](mailto:vm.vineethmohan@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi , > > I have a situation where a field is only used for aggregation , its never > used for searching. > In such cases , it doesn't make sense for this field to go to lucene > reverse index. > Rather if it can be only maintained in fieldData or docValues alone . that > would save me some good amount of space and might optimize performance. > > Is this possible ? > > Thanks > Vineeth > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5kxgex5BwLVxz6N8gwAGCmUwSiBRPuXAu7PbqCGT%2BH0kA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5kxgex5BwLVxz6N8gwAGCmUwSiBRPuXAu7PbqCGT%2BH0kA%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5kxgex5BwLVxz6N8gwAGCmUwSiBRPuXAu7PbqCGT%2BH0kA%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5kxgex5BwLVxz6N8gwAGCmUwSiBRPuXAu7PbqCGT%2BH0kA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- Adrien Grand -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAL6Z4j5Re03w2MtxEtc\_N\_Xr%2Bua5bA7-Jk9c9ZotOA0qvBNB-g%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAL6Z4j5Re03w2MtxEtc_N_Xr%2Bua5bA7-Jk9c9ZotOA0qvBNB-g%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-enabling-docvalues-and-disabling-index-possible/21021/3 "2017-07-06T00:46:14Z")