# Versioning with parent child

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-with-parent-child/43887>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-with-parent-child/43887 "2016-03-09T10:57:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bb73d2/32.png) [@xam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xam)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-with-parent-child/43887/1 "2016-03-09T10:57:58Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to check parent version when indexing a child document? In fact, I want to forbid the indexing of a child document if the parent document version has changed.

Thank you for your answer,

Regards

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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 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-with-parent-child/43887/2 "2017-07-05T23:09:57Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC