# Is there way to update or insert index from another indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 25, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645 "2019-08-25T05:16:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![namali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@namali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/namali)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645/1 "2019-08-25T05:16:06Z")

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I am a beginner in ELK . tried to insert and update an index from another indexes from ingest node , pipelines . but still couldn't find how to do.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645/2 "2019-08-25T06:25:19Z")

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Ingest pipelines are not designed to read from a source.  
But may be using the reindex api could help.  
Otherwise have a look at logstash.

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**Author:** ![namali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@namali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/namali)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645/3 "2019-08-25T07:21:06Z")

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Thx for quick reply dadoonet. I tried from logstash but couldn't do it

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645/4 "2019-08-25T08:19:57Z")

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If you need help, share what you did in #logstash and ask for help there.

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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:** [September 22, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-way-to-update-or-insert-index-from-another-indexes/196645/5 "2019-09-22T08:20:00Z")

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