Hello, I would like to update a partial document by query using Elasticsearch 2.4. I don't want to use the scripts tag because I don't want to enumerate all the fields, I would like to use a doc property like the simple update method. However it's not possible to write this part of the following c…

Hey, I am not sure what you mean by scripts tag here? Can you elaborate? you can use the reindex API with scripting which might cover your use-case? --Alex

Hey, Thank you for replying. Indeed, it's not the "script tag" but the "script property" of the updateByQuery API. For example: "script": { "inline": "ctx._source.likes++", "lang": "painless" } Instead of this script property I'd like to use a doc property, like the one for the update API be…

Hey, ah I see. I think then it makes most sense to use a scroll search and create bulk requests that use the update API. --Alex

Thanks again for replying. It's what I would have liked to avoid. Because I want to update only one document each time. For now I'm doing that, but I would have prefered to process only one update instead of a get and then an update. Even if I know an update is not only an update under the hood. I…

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