# What are the possible values of type in task
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534 "2021-01-19T11:48:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@kender1314](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kender1314)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/1 "2021-01-19T11:48:40Z")
As the documentation says，when I execute command
`GET _tasks?actions=*search&detailed`
return result
{
"nodes" : {
"oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A" : {
"name" : "H5dfFeA",
"transport\_address" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
"host" : "127.0.0.1",
"ip" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
"tasks" : {
"oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A:464" : {
"node" : "oTUltX4IQMOUUVeiohTt8A",
"id" : 464,
"type" : "transport",
"action" : "indices:data/read/search",
"description" : "indices[test], types[test], search\_type[QUERY\_THEN\_FETCH], source[{"query":...}]",
"start\_time\_in\_millis" : 1483478610008,
"running\_time\_in\_nanos" : 13991383,
"cancellable" : true
}
}
}
}
}
how many values of type in result? I currently know that the possible values in type are transport and direct. I want to know what other possible values are and what each value represents.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/2 "2021-01-25T00:14:33Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃
I am not sure that we document down to this level. Can you explain a little more why you'd like to know this?
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### Author:  [@kender1314](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kender1314)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/3 "2021-01-25T01:01:38Z")
I want to monitor each elasticsearch request, its read and write rate, request status, etc. So I want to make more use of the parameters provided by task management. If you can provide it, I would be very grateful.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/4 "2021-01-25T01:02:16Z")
Why not use Monitoring for that?
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### Author:  [@kender1314](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kender1314)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/5 "2021-01-25T01:03:31Z")
If a request is too long, I need to use the cancel task function.
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### Author:  [@kender1314](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kender1314)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/6 "2021-01-25T01:33:12Z")
I plan to use the Monitoring and task functions together. Only the Monitoring function does not meet my needs.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-possible-values-of-type-in-task/261534/7 "2021-02-22T01:33:34Z")
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