Problem Statement :- Using _update_by_query not able to update the data at the source of index.
I have index with a name "poc" carries below data. I want to update the Color White with Red. To do so I am using following code to do
-Cond. 1.
So far updating documents successfully without changing their source via below code.
POST /poc/_update_by_query?q=Color:White
{
"query":{
"term":{
"Color": "Red"
}
}
}
- Cond 2.
Using below code couldn't able to update the source data.
POST poc/_update_by_query
{
"script": {
"source": "ctx._source.Color = 'Red'",
"lang": "painless"
},
"query": {
"term":{
"Color": "White"
}
}
}
