# Is type play important role in searching?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-type-play-important-role-in-searching/4892>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 19, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-type-play-important-role-in-searching/4892 "2011-07-19T06:15:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-type-play-important-role-in-searching/4892/1 "2011-07-19T06:15:45Z")

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Hi

I have doubt that creating an index we define type,Is it play  
important role in searching data.if yes,then which situation we uses  
it.please provide some example to clear things.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Karussell1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Karussell1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karussell1)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-type-play-important-role-in-searching/4892/2 "2011-07-19T10:38:15Z")

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I think it is useful for parent child stuff:

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Also separating the type from index is very important when you have 2  
or more indices of one type.  
This is a big advantage e.g. over solr

On 19 Jul., 08:15, sam [mishra.sam...@gmail.com](mailto:mishra.sam...@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have doubt that creating an index we define type,Is it play  
> important role in searching data.if yes,then which situation we uses  
> it.please provide some example to clear things.
> 
> Thanks

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-type-play-important-role-in-searching/4892/3 "2017-07-06T04:00:11Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC