# Multiple IDs for the same document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 3, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507 "2011-10-03T19:57:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Neil1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Neil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neil1)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507/1 "2011-10-03T19:57:50Z")

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Just curious -- is this possible?

Thanks,

Neil

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507/2 "2011-10-03T20:52:49Z")

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Nope :), though, you can have other fields in the doc, and you can fetch  
based on them using a simple search request.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neil [neilmatthewlott@gmail.com](mailto:neilmatthewlott@gmail.com) wrote:

> Just curious -- is this possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Neil

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**Author:** ![arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arien)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507/3 "2011-10-04T04:51:03Z")

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You can have an explicitly generated ID field apart from default ID provided  
by ES which can be later used in search request.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:

> Nope :), though, you can have other fields in the doc, and you can fetch  
> based on them using a simple search request.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neil [neilmatthewlott@gmail.com](mailto:neilmatthewlott@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > Just curious -- is this possible?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Neil

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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:** [October 4, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507/4 "2011-10-04T05:13:53Z")

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Just because I'm curious: what is the use case ?

David 😉

Le 4 oct. 2011 à 06:51, ajay padvi [ajaypadvi@gmail.com](mailto:ajaypadvi@gmail.com) a écrit :

> You can have an explicitly generated ID field apart from default ID provided by ES which can be later used in search request.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:  
> Nope :), though, you can have other fields in the doc, and you can fetch based on them using a simple search request.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neil [neilmatthewlott@gmail.com](mailto:neilmatthewlott@gmail.com) wrote:  
> Just curious -- is this possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Neil

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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, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-ids-for-the-same-document/5507/5 "2017-07-06T03:52:54Z")

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