# Script Query Error- unable to find on disk file script

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-query-error-unable-to-find-on-disk-file-script/91909>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-query-error-unable-to-find-on-disk-file-script/91909 "2017-07-05T13:17:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![pksingla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pksingla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pksingla)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-query-error-unable-to-find-on-disk-file-script/91909/1 "2017-07-05T13:17:46Z")

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Hi,

I have created one script file (query2.groovy) containing following content.

\_agg["tempArray"] = [];

I have saved this script in some diff folder outside ES (other than config/scripts) on the same server. I am calling this script from query but getting error "Unable to find on disk file script". Below is the query.

{  
"query" : {  
"match\_all" : {}  
},  
"aggs": {  
"expected\_revenue": {  
"scripted\_metric": {  
"init\_script" : {  
"file": "/home/test\_user5/apm\_105658/query2",  
"lang": "groovy"  
},  
"map\_script": "if (doc.metric\_name.value == "processor(\_total)-% processor time") { \_agg.tempArray.add(doc.metric\_value.value\*10); } ",  
"combine\_script": "exRevenue = 0; for (i in \_agg.tempArray) { exRevenue += i }; return exRevenue;",  
"reduce\_script": "exRevenue = 0; for (j in \_aggs) { exRevenue += j }; return exRevenue;"  
}  
}  
}  
}

Is it mandatory that script should be present in config/scripts folder. Please help in resolving this issue.

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**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-query-error-unable-to-find-on-disk-file-script/91909/2 "2017-07-05T13:34:07Z")

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Yes, all scripts must be placed in `config/scripts`. This is for security so that the file access footprint of Elasticsearch is as small as possible.

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**Author:** ![pksingla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pksingla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pksingla)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-query-error-unable-to-find-on-disk-file-script/91909/3 "2017-07-06T04:24:54Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation.

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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 3, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-query-error-unable-to-find-on-disk-file-script/91909/4 "2017-08-03T04:24:59Z")

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