# Multiple index search and update query in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-search-and-update-query-in-elastic-search/172619>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 16, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-search-and-update-query-in-elastic-search/172619 "2019-03-16T02:33:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![santosh\_kumar1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/santosh_kumar1/32/42154_2.png) [@santosh\_kumar1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/santosh_kumar1)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-search-and-update-query-in-elastic-search/172619/1 "2019-03-16T02:33:10Z")

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"type":"invalid\_index\_name\_exception","reason":"Invalid index name [xxxxx-2019-11,xxxx-2019-12], must not contain the following characters [, \", \*, \\, \<, |, ,, \>, /, ?]","index\_uuid":"_na_","index":"twitter-2019-11,twitter-2019-12"},"status":400}

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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:** [March 16, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-search-and-update-query-in-elastic-search/172619/2 "2019-03-16T06:40:03Z")

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Please show the full request that results in this error.

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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:** [April 13, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-search-and-update-query-in-elastic-search/172619/3 "2019-04-13T06:40:04Z")

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