# Using scroll

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-scroll/3728>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 3, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-scroll/3728 "2011-01-03T14:08:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![senthil\_prabhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@senthil\_prabhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/senthil_prabhu)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-scroll/3728/1 "2011-01-03T14:08:56Z")

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Questions:

1 . When scroll, the snap shot is taken for the query table alone or  
for all child tables or corresponding indices.

1. While using scroll, if any error happens will all the documents  
that are modified inside scroll loop can be reverted?

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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 6, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-scroll/3728/2 "2017-07-06T04:14:28Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:14am UTC