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Is it possible to modify a log that has already been indexed?

jrodriguezap
Contributor

Hi?
Is it possible to modify a record that has already been indexed?
Or failing that, delete it and write another with the same _Time

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Damien_Dallimor
Ultra Champion

You can not update already indexed data.

You can soft delete a specific event with the delete search command

More info here

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