[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[execute-enrich-policy-api]]
=== Execute enrich policy API
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<titleabbrev>Execute enrich policy</titleabbrev>
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Executes an existing <<enrich-policy,enrich policy>>.

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[source,console]
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PUT /users/_doc/1?refresh
{
    "email": "mardy.brown@asciidocsmith.com",
    "first_name": "Mardy",
    "last_name": "Brown",
    "city": "New Orleans",
    "county": "Orleans",
    "state": "LA",
    "zip": 70116,
    "web": "mardy.asciidocsmith.com"
}

PUT /_enrich/policy/my-policy
{
    "match": {
        "indices": "users",
        "match_field": "email",
        "enrich_fields": ["first_name", "last_name", "city", "zip", "state"]
    }
}
----
// TESTSETUP
////

[source,console]
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PUT /_enrich/policy/my-policy/_execute
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[source,console]
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DELETE /_enrich/policy/my-policy
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// TEST[continued]
////


[[execute-enrich-policy-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT /_enrich/policy/<enrich-policy>/_execute`

`POST /_enrich/policy/<enrich-policy>/_execute`


[[execute-enrich-policy-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

include::put-enrich-policy.asciidoc[tag=enrich-policy-api-prereqs]


[[execute-enrich-policy-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

Use the execute enrich policy API
to create the enrich index for an existing enrich policy.

// tag::execute-enrich-policy-def[]
The _enrich index_ contains documents from the policy's source indices.
Enrich indices always begin with `.enrich-*`,
are read-only,
and are <<indices-forcemerge,force merged>>.

[WARNING]
====
Enrich indices should be used by the <<enrich-processor,enrich processor>> only.
Avoid using enrich indices for other purposes.
====
// end::execute-enrich-policy-def[]

// tag::update-enrich-index[]
Once created, you cannot update 
or index documents to an enrich index.
Instead, update your source indices
and <<execute-enrich-policy-api,execute>> the enrich policy again.
This creates a new enrich index from your updated source indices
and deletes the previous enrich index.
// end::update-enrich-index[]

Because this API request performs several operations,
it may take a while to return a response.

[[execute-enrich-policy-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<enrich-policy>`::
(Required, string)
Enrich policy to execute.

[[execute-enrich-policy-api-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

`wait_for_completion`::
(Required, boolean)
If `true`, the request blocks other enrich policy execution requests until
complete. Defaults to `true`.