# Retrieving a chain of related records
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-chain-of-related-records/48297
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-chain-of-related-records/48297 "2016-04-25T09:57:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@anaidyonov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anaidyonov)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-chain-of-related-records/48297/1 "2016-04-25T09:57:41Z")
Hello;
We're considering Elasticsearch as a log aggregation/log analysis platform. Our software comprises of multiple services running micro-processes generating related log records which look much like this:
12:00:01 MODULE-1 ID-1 Spawned by external event EVENTTYPE-ID-0
12:00:01 MODULE-1 ID-1 Spawns new module-2
12:00:01 MODULE-2 ID-2 Spawned by MODULE-1-ID-1
12:00:01 MODULE-2 ID-2 Spawns new module-3
12:00:01 MODULE-3 ID-3 Spawned by MODULE-2-ID-2
...
What would be the most efficient way to store and retrieve all the records from all the micro-processes serving the initial event ID-0? The reference to a document describing solution for a similar problem would be most appreciated (I failed to find one, but as a non-native speaker I might have missed proper keywords)
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-a-chain-of-related-records/48297/2 "2017-07-05T22:56:30Z")