# Updating document in elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language\ **Created:** [January 20, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916 "2022-01-20T09:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aniketvk008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Aniketvk008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniketvk008)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/1 "2022-01-20T09:13:58Z")
After updating document its creating new row rather than updating in same row Doc\_id|| EmpID || Name || Age || Salary || Salary credited || Active xxxxx || 10001 || John || 30 || 20000 || - || - xxxxx || 10002 || Peter || 29 || 23000 || - || - SalaryCredited = 'Yes' and Active = 'Y' SalaryCredited = 'No' and Active = 'N' need to update Salary credited =yes and Active =Y in same row ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/2 "2022-01-21T03:35:10Z")
How did you attempt to send the update? ---
**Author:** ![Aniketvk008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Aniketvk008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniketvk008)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/3 "2022-01-21T04:22:12Z")
POST employee/\_update/9JjTen4BEdR7uiPQF89g { "doc": { "Salary credited" : "no", "Active" : "no" }} i used this ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/4 "2022-01-21T04:25:49Z")
That is correct. Can you show me the results you're seeing including the \_id field? Thanks, Matt ---
**Author:** ![Aniketvk008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Aniketvk008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniketvk008)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/5 "2022-01-21T04:33:50Z")
Yes that is correct i got that one from youtube ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/6 "2022-01-21T04:36:12Z")
Can you show me the documents you're seeing, including their \_id field? Thanks, Matt ---
**Author:** ![Aniketvk008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Aniketvk008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniketvk008)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/7 "2022-01-21T04:45:25Z")
![Screenshot (29)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/8/e845bbc0b3bd4c60c19a8eae1f922bae13e0c6f9.png) ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/8 "2022-01-21T04:53:12Z")
thanks for the screenshot. What do you see if you run that update again? Maybe you can change something like the name just to see it reflected in the output. ---
**Author:** ![Aniketvk008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Aniketvk008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniketvk008)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/12 "2022-02-03T04:56:57Z")
Hi Matthew Kime ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/13 "2022-02-03T14:32:36Z")
Hello @Aniketvk008 - Are you still working on this? Have you made any progress? I was awaiting a response to my last question. Thanks, Matt ---
**Author:** ![Aniketvk008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@Aniketvk008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniketvk008)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/14 "2022-02-03T14:34:47Z")
Hi @mattkime how to copy dashboard from kibana without overwriting the existing object(dashboard) in same machine ---
**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/15 "2022-02-03T15:41:08Z")
Which version of the elastic stack are you running? There's a 'save as' option near the top of the screen which will prompt you for a new name for a duplicate copy of the dashboard. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-document-in-elasticsearch/294916/16 "2022-03-03T15:41:23Z")
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