# Why does alias name point to more than one index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-alias-name-point-to-more-than-one-index/145852>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-alias-name-point-to-more-than-one-index/145852 "2018-08-24T07:04:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![talbehat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/talbehat/32/84367_2.png) [@talbehat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talbehat)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-alias-name-point-to-more-than-one-index/145852/1 "2018-08-24T07:04:34Z")

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please help me .

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-alias-name-point-to-more-than-one-index/145852/2 "2018-08-24T07:05:59Z")

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I think you will need to provide a bit more detail and context if anyone is going to be able to help you.

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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:** [September 21, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-alias-name-point-to-more-than-one-index/145852/3 "2018-09-21T07:06:04Z")

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Closed on September 21, 2018, 7:06am UTC

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