# Searching more than one index in a query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 9, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032 "2018-12-09T07:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![waleedkaramat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@waleedkaramat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waleedkaramat)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032/1 "2018-12-09T07:36:00Z")

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Hello All,

I want to write a query to search more than one index in my cluster is it possible or not?  
Is there any way I can query more than one index in my single query ?

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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:** [December 9, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032/2 "2018-12-09T07:39:09Z")

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Yep - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/multi-index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/multi-index.html)

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**Author:** ![waleedkaramat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@waleedkaramat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waleedkaramat)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032/3 "2018-12-09T07:48:34Z")

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Hey Mark thanks for replying,  
the link also states that,  
Single index APIs such as the [Document APIs]) do not support multiple indices.  
All CRUD APIs are single-index APIs. The `index` parameter accepts a single index name, or an `alias` which points to a single index.

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**Author:** ![waleedkaramat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@waleedkaramat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waleedkaramat)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032/4 "2018-12-09T08:46:01Z")

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And also is it possible to query all fields in all indices ?

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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:** [January 6, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-more-than-one-index-in-a-query/160032/5 "2019-01-06T08:46:02Z")

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