# Watcher for Elasticsearch 2.3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-for-elasticsearch-2-3/74145>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-for-elasticsearch-2-3/74145 "2017-02-07T00:06:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-for-elasticsearch-2-3/74145/1 "2017-02-07T00:06:59Z")

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Hello,

I am unable to list all existing Watch ID's in Elasticsearch 2.3. I use the following query:

GET /.watches/\_search  
{  
"fields" : [],  
"query" : {"match\_all" : { } }  
}

I get a hit of 42, but my response is only about 10 Watch ID's. This is an issue as now my team does not know the Watch ID's that actually exist. My .watch\_history index is cleaned up by curator monthly, so I cannot rely on information from there. Is there any way to list all 42 Watch ID's?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-for-elasticsearch-2-3/74145/2 "2017-02-07T07:35:08Z")

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Hey,

by default Elasticsearch returns only 10 results. There is also no need to specify `fields` in your query. If you have a large amount of watches, you should use the [scroll search](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/search-request-scroll.html), otherwise specifying `size` is sufficient.

--Alex

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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-for-elasticsearch-2-3/74145/3 "2017-02-07T20:30:55Z")

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Thanks! I think it'd be a good idea to include this information as reference in the "Listing Watches" documentation.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/2.3/listing-watches.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/2.3/listing-watches.html)

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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:** [March 7, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-for-elasticsearch-2-3/74145/4 "2017-03-07T20:31:24Z")

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