# Use index action to write to multiple indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-index-action-to-write-to-multiple-indices/346369>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-index-action-to-write-to-multiple-indices/346369 "2023-11-03T13:52:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rorii](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rorii/32/133785_2.png) [@rorii](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rorii)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-index-action-to-write-to-multiple-indices/346369/1 "2023-11-03T13:52:36Z")

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I have following action in my watcher:

```auto
  "actions": {
    "writetoindex": {
      "transform": {
        "script": {
          "id": "my_tranform_script",
          }
        }
      "index": {
        "index": "myindex1",
        "doc_type": "_doc",
        "op_type": "CREATE"
      }
    },

```

The script create a document an write it to an Index. I would like for this action to write to two separate indices at the same time (let say myindex1 and myindex2). Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![richcollier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richcollier/32/115035_2.png) [@richcollier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richcollier)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-index-action-to-write-to-multiple-indices/346369/2 "2023-11-06T12:34:11Z")

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yes, just create a whole new actions clause so that you have two:

```auto
  "actions": {
    "writetoindex1": {
      "transform": {
        "script": {
          "id": "my_tranform_script"
        }
      },
      "index": {
        "index": "myindex1",
        "doc_type": "_doc",
        "op_type": "CREATE"
      }
    },
    "writetoindex2": {
      "transform": {
        "script": {
          "id": "my_tranform_script"
        }
      },
      "index": {
        "index": "myindex2",
        "doc_type": "_doc",
        "op_type": "CREATE"
      }
    }
...

```

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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:** [December 4, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-index-action-to-write-to-multiple-indices/346369/3 "2023-12-04T12:34:21Z")

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