# Taming ElasticSearch Field Explosion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taming-elasticsearch-field-explosion/258433>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taming-elasticsearch-field-explosion/258433 "2020-12-11T16:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![tjohnell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@tjohnell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tjohnell)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taming-elasticsearch-field-explosion/258433/1 "2020-12-11T16:22:58Z")

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Hello all,

I recently created a post on how my company, Handy, reduced the number of fields within our main ES index, and I wanted to share with the ES community. Any feedback is appreciated!

> **[ElasticSearch Field Explosion](https://medium.com/handy-tech/elasticsearch-field-explosion-ca0a21f97a4a)**
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> Over time, it’s easy for the number of fields within your ElasticSearch (ES) index to grow to what seems like an unmanageable size. ES…

Best,  
Tom

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taming-elasticsearch-field-explosion/258433/2 "2020-12-11T16:41:39Z")

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Hi @tjohnell, and welcome! Thanks for the link, it's a good article and I'm glad to hear you found an acceptable compromise.

In the long run I think you will be helped by [runtime fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.x/runtime.html). Coming soon to a cluster near you 🙂

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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 8, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taming-elasticsearch-field-explosion/258433/3 "2021-01-08T16:41:39Z")

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