# Routing and segmentation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 5, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-and-segmentation/9255 "2012-10-05T16:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ephraim\_Mower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ephraim_mower/32/2687_2.png) [@Ephraim\_Mower](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ephraim_Mower)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-and-segmentation/9255/1 "2012-10-05T16:03:16Z")
I have a little bit of a grasp on routing, but I do have one specific question. Can a routing value be used to segment data? For instance, if I specify in my query a routing value of "Foo", does that guarantee that I will only get documents that were indexed with a routing value of "Foo", or does it only guarantee that I hit a specific shard? Thanks! -Cork -- ---
**Author:** ![Ephraim\_Mower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ephraim_mower/32/2687_2.png) [@Ephraim\_Mower](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ephraim_Mower)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-and-segmentation/9255/2 "2012-10-05T16:42:33Z")
I guess maybe I didn't look hard enough before I posted: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/elasticsearch/routing/elasticsearch/OHfoLnNBFV4/-NK16j7ar1YJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/elasticsearch/routing/elasticsearch/OHfoLnNBFV4/-NK16j7ar1YJ) I guess I need to filter/query and route... On Friday, October 5, 2012 12:03:16 PM UTC-4, Ephraim Mower wrote: > I have a little bit of a grasp on routing, but I do have one specific > question. Can a routing value be used to segment data? For instance, if I > specify in my query a routing value of "Foo", does that guarantee that I > will only get documents that were indexed with a routing value of "Foo", or > does it only guarantee that I hit a specific shard? > > Thanks! > > -Cork -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-and-segmentation/9255/3 "2017-07-06T03:09:57Z")