# Reusing Nested Documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reusing-nested-documents/192637>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reusing-nested-documents/192637 "2019-07-29T08:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nili1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@nili1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nili1)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reusing-nested-documents/192637/1 "2019-07-29T08:08:49Z")

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Our data structure contains documents where each one has one or more nested documents. The nested documents may be duplicated across many of the main documents. Is there a way to "reuse" the same nested document across multiple documents without the need to index it separately for each?

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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:** [August 26, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reusing-nested-documents/192637/2 "2019-08-26T08:14:48Z")

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