# Update by query in ElasticSerach 2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 1, 2016, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092 "2016-03-01T09:05:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rohitkumarbhagat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rohitkumarbhagat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitkumarbhagat)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092/1 "2016-03-01T09:05:09Z")

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Is there a way to update multiple documents by one query in elastic search 2? Or Add a new field in all documents with a query?

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**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092/2 "2016-03-01T09:44:55Z")

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Hi,

this is currently not possible but in Elasticsearch 5.0 you will be able to use the [reindex plugin](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/15125) for that. We also intend to backport this plugin to 2.x.

Daniel

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**Author:** ![rohitkumarbhagat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rohitkumarbhagat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitkumarbhagat)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092/3 "2016-03-01T10:42:16Z")

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Thanks Daniel for the info. I was wondering if you have timeline in mind  
for backport.

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**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092/4 "2016-03-01T10:50:23Z")

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Hi,

unfortunately, I have no timeline for the backport. If you want to stay up-to-date on what's happening I suggest you subscribe to the [reindex API Github issue](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/15201).

Daniel

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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 5, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-by-query-in-elasticserach-2/43092/5 "2017-07-05T23:12:33Z")

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