# Spark - How to find the Index ID for a search request

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** es-hadoop\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896 "2016-01-11T17:12:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yasanka\_Horawalavith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yasanka\_Horawalavith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yasanka_Horawalavith)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896/1 "2016-01-11T17:12:29Z")

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Hi, I have multiple indices (automatically created as application requirement) created at ES with different types. With spark support, I can query and find the relevant document but can not find the index id attached with, where I need to insert more documents to the same index/type.

Also I would like to know whether ES + Spark support alias creation, if so any resources to dig into?

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**Author:** ![costin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/costin/32/44950_2.png) [@costin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/costin)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896/2 "2016-01-11T18:09:17Z")

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> [@Yasanka\_Horawalavith](#):
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> but can not find the index id attached with, where I need to insert more documents to the same index/type

Not sure what you mean by that but have you tried turning on [metadata reading](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/hadoop/master/configuration.html#_metadata_when_reading_from_elasticsearch)?

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**Author:** ![Yasanka\_Horawalavith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yasanka\_Horawalavith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yasanka_Horawalavith)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896/3 "2016-01-12T09:28:53Z")

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Hi costin, I have turned on metadata reading, but now indices are not created with JavaESPark.saveToES method, as I mentioned earlier I'm searching document across indices, and need to retrieve relevant index id where a document resides

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**Author:** ![costin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/costin/32/44950_2.png) [@costin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/costin)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896/4 "2016-01-12T15:33:55Z")

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Sorry but I don't follow.

> [@Yasanka\_Horawalavith](#):
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> but now indices are not created with JavaESPark.saveToES method

It doesn't matter - `saveToES` writes data to ES. The configuration option is for reading, meaning it's useful for things like `JavaEsSpark.esRDD`.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-how-to-find-the-index-id-for-a-search-request/38896/5 "2017-07-06T13:26:33Z")

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