[[docs-reindex]]
== Reindex API

IMPORTANT: Reindex does not attempt to set up the destination index.  It does
not copy the settings of the source index.  You should set up the destination
index prior to running a `_reindex` action, including setting up mappings, shard
counts, replicas, etc.

The most basic form of `_reindex` just copies documents from one index to another.
This will copy documents from the `twitter` index into the `new_twitter` index:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:big_twitter]

That will return something like this:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "took" : 147,
  "timed_out": false,
  "created": 120,
  "updated": 0,
  "deleted": 0,
  "batches": 1,
  "version_conflicts": 0,
  "noops": 0,
  "retries": {
    "bulk": 0,
    "search": 0
  },
  "throttled_millis": 0,
  "requests_per_second": -1.0,
  "throttled_until_millis": 0,
  "total": 120,
  "failures" : [ ]
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"took" : 147/"took" : "$body.took"/]

Just like <<docs-update-by-query,`_update_by_query`>>, `_reindex` gets a
snapshot of the source index but its target must be a **different** index so
version conflicts are unlikely. The `dest` element can be configured like the
index API to control optimistic concurrency control. Just leaving out
`version_type` (as above) or setting it to `internal` will cause Elasticsearch
to blindly dump documents into the target, overwriting any that happen to have
the same type and id:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter",
    "version_type": "internal"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

Setting `version_type` to `external` will cause Elasticsearch to preserve the
`version` from the source, create any documents that are missing, and update
any documents that have an older version in the destination index than they do
in the source index:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter",
    "version_type": "external"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

Settings `op_type` to `create` will cause `_reindex` to only create missing
documents in the target index. All existing documents will cause a version
conflict:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter",
    "op_type": "create"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

By default version conflicts abort the `_reindex` process but you can just
count them by settings `"conflicts": "proceed"` in the request body:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "conflicts": "proceed",
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter",
    "op_type": "create"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

You can limit the documents by adding a type to the `source` or by adding a
query. This will only copy ++tweet++&apos;s made by `kimchy` into `new_twitter`:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter",
    "type": "tweet",
    "query": {
      "term": {
        "user": "kimchy"
      }
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

`index` and `type` in `source` can both be lists, allowing you to copy from
lots of sources in one request. This will copy documents from the `tweet` and
`post` types in the `twitter` and `blog` index. It'd include the `post` type in
the `twitter` index and the `tweet` type in the `blog` index. If you want to be
more specific you'll need to use the `query`. It also makes no effort to handle
ID collisions. The target index will remain valid but it's not easy to predict
which document will survive because the iteration order isn't well defined.

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": ["twitter", "blog"],
    "type": ["tweet", "post"]
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "all_together"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/^/PUT twitter\nPUT blog\n/]

It's also possible to limit the number of processed documents by setting
`size`. This will only copy a single document from `twitter` to
`new_twitter`:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "size": 1,
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

If you want a particular set of documents from the twitter index you'll
need to sort. Sorting makes the scroll less efficient but in some contexts
it's worth it. If possible, prefer a more selective query to `size` and `sort`.
This will copy 10000 documents from `twitter` into `new_twitter`:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "size": 10000,
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter",
    "sort": { "date": "desc" }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

The `source` section supports all the elements that are supported in a
<<search-request-body,search request>>. For instance only a subset of the
fields from the original documents can be reindexed using source filtering
as follows:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter",
    "_source": ["user", "tweet"]
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]


Like `_update_by_query`, `_reindex` supports a script that modifies the
document. Unlike `_update_by_query`, the script is allowed to modify the
document's metadata. This example bumps the version of the source document:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter",
    "version_type": "external"
  },
  "script": {
    "source": "if (ctx._source.foo == 'bar') {ctx._version++; ctx._source.remove('foo')}",
    "lang": "painless"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

Just as in `_update_by_query`, you can set `ctx.op` to change the
operation that is executed on the destination index:

`noop`::

Set `ctx.op = "noop"` if your script decides that the document doesn't have
to be indexed in the destination index. This no operation will be reported
in the `noop` counter in the <<docs-reindex-response-body, response body>>.

`delete`::

Set `ctx.op = "delete"` if your script decides that the document must be
 deleted from the destination index. The deletion will be reported in the
 `deleted` counter in the <<docs-reindex-response-body, response body>>.

Setting `ctx.op` to anything else is an error. Setting any
other field in `ctx` is an error.

Think of the possibilities! Just be careful! With great power.... You can
change:

 * `_id`
 * `_type`
 * `_index`
 * `_version`
 * `_routing`

Setting `_version` to `null` or clearing it from the `ctx` map is just like not
sending the version in an indexing request. It will cause that document to be
overwritten in the target index regardless of the version on the target or the
version type you use in the `_reindex` request.

By default if `_reindex` sees a document with routing then the routing is
preserved unless it's changed by the script. You can set `routing` on the
`dest` request to change this:

`keep`::

Sets the routing on the bulk request sent for each match to the routing on
the match. The default.

`discard`::

Sets the routing on the bulk request sent for each match to null.

`=<some text>`::

Sets the routing on the bulk request sent for each match to all text after
the `=`.

For example, you can use the following request to copy all documents from
the `source` index with the company name `cat` into the `dest` index with
routing set to `cat`.

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "source",
    "query": {
      "match": {
        "company": "cat"
      }
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "dest",
    "routing": "=cat"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/]

By default `_reindex` uses scroll batches of 1000. You can change the
batch size with the `size` field in the `source` element:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "source",
    "size": 100
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "dest",
    "routing": "=cat"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/]

Reindex can also use the <<ingest>> feature by specifying a
`pipeline` like this:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "source"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "dest",
    "pipeline": "some_ingest_pipeline"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/]

[float]
[[reindex-from-remote]]
=== Reindex from Remote

Reindex supports reindexing from a remote Elasticsearch cluster:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "remote": {
      "host": "http://otherhost:9200",
      "username": "user",
      "password": "pass"
    },
    "index": "source",
    "query": {
      "match": {
        "test": "data"
      }
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "dest"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:host]
// TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/]
// TEST[s/otherhost:9200",/\${host}"/]
// TEST[s/"username": "user",//]
// TEST[s/"password": "pass"//]

The `host` parameter must contain a scheme, host, and port (e.g.
`https://otherhost:9200`). The `username` and `password` parameters are
optional and when they are present reindex will connect to the remote
Elasticsearch node using basic auth. Be sure to use `https` when using
basic auth or the password will be sent in plain text.

Remote hosts have to be explicitly whitelisted in elasticsearch.yaml using the
`reindex.remote.whitelist` property. It can be set to a comma delimited list
of allowed remote `host` and `port` combinations (e.g.
`otherhost:9200, another:9200, 127.0.10.*:9200, localhost:*`). Scheme is
ignored by the whitelist - only host and port are used.

This feature should work with remote clusters of any version of Elasticsearch
you are likely to find. This should allow you to upgrade from any version of
Elasticsearch to the current version by reindexing from a cluster of the old
version.

To enable queries sent to older versions of Elasticsearch the `query` parameter
is sent directly to the remote host without validation or modification.

NOTE: Reindexing from remote clusters does not support
<<docs-reindex-manual-slice, manual>> or
<<docs-reindex-automatic-slice, automatic slicing>>.

Reindexing from a remote server uses an on-heap buffer that defaults to a
maximum size of 100mb. If the remote index includes very large documents you'll
need to use a smaller batch size. The example below sets the batch size `10`
which is very, very small.

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "remote": {
      "host": "http://otherhost:9200"
    },
    "index": "source",
    "size": 10,
    "query": {
      "match": {
        "test": "data"
      }
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "dest"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:host]
// TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/]
// TEST[s/otherhost:9200/\${host}/]

It is also possible to set the socket read timeout on the remote connection
with the `socket_timeout` field and the connection timeout with the
`connect_timeout` field. Both default to thirty seconds. This example
sets the socket read timeout to one minute and the connection timeout to ten
seconds:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "remote": {
      "host": "http://otherhost:9200",
      "socket_timeout": "1m",
      "connect_timeout": "10s"
    },
    "index": "source",
    "query": {
      "match": {
        "test": "data"
      }
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "dest"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:host]
// TEST[s/^/PUT source\n/]
// TEST[s/otherhost:9200/\${host}/]

[float]
=== URL Parameters

In addition to the standard parameters like `pretty`, the Reindex API also
supports `refresh`, `wait_for_completion`, `wait_for_active_shards`, `timeout`, and
`requests_per_second`.

Sending the `refresh` url parameter will cause all indexes to which the request
wrote to be refreshed. This is different than the Index API's `refresh`
parameter which causes just the shard that received the new data to be refreshed.

If the request contains `wait_for_completion=false` then Elasticsearch will
perform some preflight checks, launch the request, and then return a `task`
which can be used with <<docs-reindex-task-api,Tasks APIs>>
to cancel or get the status of the task. Elasticsearch will also create a
record of this task as a document at `.tasks/task/${taskId}`. This is yours
to keep or remove as you see fit. When you are done with it, delete it so
Elasticsearch can reclaim the space it uses.

`wait_for_active_shards` controls how many copies of a shard must be active
before proceeding with the reindexing. See <<index-wait-for-active-shards,here>>
for details. `timeout` controls how long each write request waits for unavailable
shards to become available. Both work exactly how they work in the
<<docs-bulk,Bulk API>>.

`requests_per_second` can be set to any positive decimal number (`1.4`, `6`,
`1000`, etc) and throttles rate at which reindex issues batches of index
operations by padding each batch with a wait time. The throttling can be
disabled by setting `requests_per_second` to `-1`.

The throttling is done by waiting between batches so that scroll that reindex
uses internally can be given a timeout that takes into account the padding.
The padding time is the difference between the batch size divided by the
`requests_per_second` and the time spent writing. By default the batch size is
`1000`, so if the `requests_per_second` is set to `500`:

[source,txt]
--------------------------------------------------
target_time = 1000 / 500 per second = 2 seconds
wait_time = target_time - write_time = 2 seconds - .5 seconds = 1.5 seconds
--------------------------------------------------

Since the batch is issued as a single `_bulk` request large batch sizes will
cause Elasticsearch to create many requests and then wait for a while before
starting the next set. This is "bursty" instead of "smooth". The default is `-1`.

[float]
[[docs-reindex-response-body]]
=== Response body

//////////////////////////
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST /_reindex?wait_for_completion
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:twitter]

//////////////////////////

The JSON response looks like this:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "took": 639,
  "timed_out": false,
  "total": 5,
  "updated": 0,
  "created": 123,
  "deleted": 0,
  "batches": 1,
  "noops": 0,
  "version_conflicts": 2,
  "retries": {
    "bulk": 0,
    "search": 0
  },
  "throttled_millis": 0,
  "requests_per_second": 1,
  "throttled_until_millis": 0,
  "failures": [ ]
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/: [0-9]+/: $body.$_path/]

`took`::

The number of milliseconds from start to end of the whole operation.

`updated`::

The number of documents that were successfully updated.

`created`::

The number of documents that were successfully created.

`batches`::

The number of scroll responses pulled back by the reindex.

`version_conflicts`::

The number of version conflicts that reindex hit.

`retries`::

The number of retries attempted by reindex. `bulk` is the number of bulk
actions retried and `search` is the number of search actions retried.

`throttled_millis`::

Number of milliseconds the request slept to conform to `requests_per_second`.

`failures`::

Array of all indexing failures. If this is non-empty then the request aborted
because of those failures. See `conflicts` for how to prevent version conflicts
from aborting the operation.

[float]
[[docs-reindex-task-api]]
=== Works with the Task API

You can fetch the status of all running reindex requests with the
<<tasks,Task API>>:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
GET _tasks?detailed=true&actions=*reindex
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE

The responses looks like:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "nodes" : {
    "r1A2WoRbTwKZ516z6NEs5A" : {
      "name" : "r1A2WoR",
      "transport_address" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
      "host" : "127.0.0.1",
      "ip" : "127.0.0.1:9300",
      "attributes" : {
        "testattr" : "test",
        "portsfile" : "true"
      },
      "tasks" : {
        "r1A2WoRbTwKZ516z6NEs5A:36619" : {
          "node" : "r1A2WoRbTwKZ516z6NEs5A",
          "id" : 36619,
          "type" : "transport",
          "action" : "indices:data/write/reindex",
          "status" : {    <1>
            "total" : 6154,
            "updated" : 3500,
            "created" : 0,
            "deleted" : 0,
            "batches" : 4,
            "version_conflicts" : 0,
            "noops" : 0,
            "retries": {
              "bulk": 0,
              "search": 0
            },
            "throttled_millis": 0
          },
          "description" : ""
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
// We can't test tasks output

<1> this object contains the actual status. It is just like the response json
with the important addition of the `total` field. `total` is the total number
of operations that the reindex expects to perform. You can estimate the
progress by adding the `updated`, `created`, and `deleted` fields. The request
will finish when their sum is equal to the `total` field.

With the task id you can look up the task directly:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
GET /_tasks/taskId:1
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[catch:missing]

The advantage of this API is that it integrates with `wait_for_completion=false`
to transparently return the status of completed tasks. If the task is completed
and `wait_for_completion=false` was set on it them it'll come back with a
`results` or an `error` field. The cost of this feature is the document that
`wait_for_completion=false` creates at `.tasks/task/${taskId}`. It is up to
you to delete that document.


[float]
[[docs-reindex-cancel-task-api]]
=== Works with the Cancel Task API

Any Reindex can be canceled using the <<tasks,Task Cancel API>>:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _tasks/task_id:1/_cancel
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE

The `task_id` can be found using the tasks API above.

Cancelation should happen quickly but might take a few seconds. The task status
API above will continue to list the task until it is wakes to cancel itself.


[float]
[[docs-reindex-rethrottle]]
=== Rethrottling

The value of `requests_per_second` can be changed on a running reindex using
the `_rethrottle` API:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex/task_id:1/_rethrottle?requests_per_second=-1
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE

The `task_id` can be found using the tasks API above.

Just like when setting it on the `_reindex` API `requests_per_second`
can be either `-1` to disable throttling or any decimal number
like `1.7` or `12` to throttle to that level. Rethrottling that speeds up the
query takes effect immediately but rethrotting that slows down the query will
take effect on after completing the current batch. This prevents scroll
timeouts.

[float]
[[docs-reindex-change-name]]
=== Reindex to change the name of a field

`_reindex` can be used to build a copy of an index with renamed fields. Say you
create an index containing documents that look like this:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST test/test/1?refresh
{
  "text": "words words",
  "flag": "foo"
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE

But you don't like the name `flag` and want to replace it with `tag`.
`_reindex` can create the other index for you:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "test"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "test2"
  },
  "script": {
    "source": "ctx._source.tag = ctx._source.remove(\"flag\")"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Now you can get the new document:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
GET test2/test/1
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

and it'll look like:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "found": true,
  "_id": "1",
  "_index": "test2",
  "_type": "test",
  "_version": 1,
  "_source": {
    "text": "words words",
    "tag": "foo"
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE

Or you can search by `tag` or whatever you want.

[float]
[[docs-reindex-slice]]
=== Slicing

Reindex supports <<sliced-scroll>> to parallelize the reindexing process.
This parallelization can improve efficiency and provide a convenient way to
break the request down into smaller parts.

[float]
[[docs-reindex-manual-slice]]
==== Manual slicing
Slice a reindex request manually by providing a slice id and total number of
slices to each request:

[source,js]
----------------------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter",
    "slice": {
      "id": 0,
      "max": 2
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter",
    "slice": {
      "id": 1,
      "max": 2
    }
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:big_twitter]

Which you can verify works with:

[source,js]
----------------------------------------------------------------
GET _refresh
POST new_twitter/_search?size=0&filter_path=hits.total
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Which results in a sensible `total` like this one:

[source,js]
----------------------------------------------------------------
{
  "hits": {
    "total": 120
  }
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE

[float]
[[docs-reindex-automatic-slice]]
==== Automatic slicing

You can also let reindex automatically parallelize using <<sliced-scroll>> to
slice on `_uid`. Use `slices` to specify the number of slices to use:

[source,js]
----------------------------------------------------------------
POST _reindex?slices=5&refresh
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:big_twitter]

Which you also can verify works with:

[source,js]
----------------------------------------------------------------
POST new_twitter/_search?size=0&filter_path=hits.total
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Which results in a sensible `total` like this one:

[source,js]
----------------------------------------------------------------
{
  "hits": {
    "total": 120
  }
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE

Setting `slices` to `auto` will let Elasticsearch choose the number of slices
to use. This setting will use one slice per shard, up to a certain limit. If
there are multiple source indices, it will choose the number of slices based
on the index with the smallest number of shards.

Adding `slices` to `_reindex` just automates the manual process used in the
section above, creating sub-requests which means it has some quirks:

* You can see these requests in the <<docs-reindex-task-api,Tasks APIs>>. These
sub-requests are "child" tasks of the task for the request with `slices`.
* Fetching the status of the task for the request with `slices` only contains
the status of completed slices.
* These sub-requests are individually addressable for things like cancellation
and rethrottling.
* Rethrottling the request with `slices` will rethrottle the unfinished
sub-request proportionally.
* Canceling the request with `slices` will cancel each sub-request.
* Due to the nature of `slices` each sub-request won't get a perfectly even
portion of the documents. All documents will be addressed, but some slices may
be larger than others. Expect larger slices to have a more even distribution.
* Parameters like `requests_per_second` and `size` on a request with `slices`
are distributed proportionally to each sub-request. Combine that with the point
above about distribution being uneven and you should conclude that the using
`size` with `slices` might not result in exactly `size` documents being
`_reindex`ed.
* Each sub-requests gets a slightly different snapshot of the source index
though these are all taken at approximately the same time.

[float]
[[docs-reindex-picking-slices]]
===== Picking the number of slices

If slicing automatically, setting `slices` to `auto` will choose a reasonable
number for most indices. If you're slicing manually or otherwise tuning
automatic slicing, use these guidelines.

Query performance is most efficient when the number of `slices` is equal to the
number of shards in the index. If that number is large, (for example,
500) choose a lower number as too many `slices` will hurt performance. Setting
`slices` higher than the number of shards generally does not improve efficiency
and adds overhead.

Indexing performance scales linearly across available resources with the
number of slices.

Whether query or indexing performance dominates the runtime depends on the
documents being reindexed and cluster resources.

[float]
=== Reindex daily indices

You can use `_reindex` in combination with <<modules-scripting-painless, Painless>>
 to reindex daily indices to apply a new template to the existing documents.

Assuming you have indices consisting of documents as following:

[source,js]
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PUT metricbeat-2016.05.30/beat/1?refresh
{"system.cpu.idle.pct": 0.908}
PUT metricbeat-2016.05.31/beat/1?refresh
{"system.cpu.idle.pct": 0.105}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE

The new template for the `metricbeat-*` indices is already loaded into elasticsearch
but it applies only to the newly created indices. Painless can be used to reindex
the existing documents and apply the new template.

The script below extracts the date from the index name and creates a new index
with `-1` appended. All data from `metricbeat-2016.05.31` will be reindex
into `metricbeat-2016.05.31-1`.

[source,js]
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POST _reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "metricbeat-*"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "metricbeat"
  },
  "script": {
    "lang": "painless",
    "source": "ctx._index = 'metricbeat-' + (ctx._index.substring('metricbeat-'.length(), ctx._index.length())) + '-1'"
  }
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

All documents from the previous metricbeat indices now can be found in the `*-1` indices.

[source,js]
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GET metricbeat-2016.05.30-1/beat/1
GET metricbeat-2016.05.31-1/beat/1
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

The previous method can also be used in combination with <<docs-reindex-change-name, change the name of a field>>
to only load the existing data into the new index, but also rename fields if needed.

[float]
=== Extracting a random subset of an index

Reindex can be used to extract a random subset of an index for testing:

[source,js]
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POST _reindex
{
  "size": 10,
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter",
    "query": {
      "function_score" : {
        "query" : { "match_all": {} },
        "random_score" : {}
      }
    },
    "sort": "_score"    <1>
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "random_twitter"
  }
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:big_twitter]

<1> Reindex defaults to sorting by `_doc` so `random_score` won't have any
effect unless you override the sort to `_score`.
