# Translate the hash to shard id

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-the-hash-to-shard-id/59532>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-the-hash-to-shard-id/59532 "2016-09-01T10:25:48Z")\
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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:** [September 1, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-the-hash-to-shard-id/59532/2 "2016-09-01T10:28:26Z")

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Does this relate to [How to calculate the shard id/name for given routing string?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-calculate-the-shard-id-name-for-given-routing-string/59529)?

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