# What are the ways to make a field of an index , not indexed but stored?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-a-field-of-an-index-not-indexed-but-stored/287808
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-a-field-of-an-index-not-indexed-but-stored/287808 "2021-10-27T14:22:48Z")
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### Author:  [@shi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-a-field-of-an-index-not-indexed-but-stored/287808/1 "2021-10-27T14:22:48Z")
what are the ways to make a field of an index , not indexed but stored?.
\*Is it by not defining the filed and type explicitly and then defining dynamic : runtime ?
\*Are there any other methods?
Is it possible to to make a field of an index, not indexed but stored with a specific data type according to our choice, while saving the row/document into the index?
When it is stored , is it avilable only in the \_source field?
Is it is not indexed , can we search based on it without making it a runtime field?
regards
shiny?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-a-field-of-an-index-not-indexed-but-stored/287808/2 "2021-10-27T21:26:02Z")
Yes, see [index | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/mapping-index.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-ways-to-make-a-field-of-an-index-not-indexed-but-stored/287808/3 "2021-11-24T21:26:59Z")
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