# Updating single field in large documents **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-single-field-in-large-documents/20301 "2014-10-17T06:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dragan\_Bosnjak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@Dragan\_Bosnjak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dragan_Bosnjak)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-single-field-in-large-documents/20301/1 "2014-10-17T06:04:08Z")
What strategy could one do when you need to frequently update single field in large document? What can you do to improve update performance in case like that? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4f8f9269-fd44-45ba-bbb7-eece817afefd%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4f8f9269-fd44-45ba-bbb7-eece817afefd%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-single-field-in-large-documents/20301/2 "2017-07-06T00:55:34Z")