# Query execution logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-execution-logs/43981>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-execution-logs/43981 "2016-03-10T06:24:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Vivek\_rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@Vivek\_rai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vivek_rai)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-execution-logs/43981/1 "2016-03-10T06:24:15Z")

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I want to enable logs so that i can see the the query which is executing in elasticsearch. is it possible  
I tried enabling slow logs changed the log level at cluster to DEBUG which no where its printing the query which it executed .

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-execution-logs/43981/2 "2016-03-12T02:18:57Z")

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We don't capture that information so we cannot log it.  
I believe there is a feature request for it in the ES repo though, if you want to dig around 🙂

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**Author:** ![Vivek\_rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@Vivek\_rai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vivek_rai)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-execution-logs/43981/3 "2016-03-14T22:36:02Z")

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thanks, iam having hard time understanding how search is working , i will post a separate query to get inputs from expert.

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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 5, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-execution-logs/43981/4 "2017-07-05T23:08:36Z")

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