---
title: stack es open-point-in-time cli command
description: Open a point in time. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4118/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/open-point-in-time
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es open-point-in-time cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es open-point-in-time \
  --keep-alive <keep-alive> \
  --index <index> \
  [options]
```

Open a point in time.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--keep-alive string required">
    Extend the length of time that the point in time persists.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--index string required">
    A comma-separated list of index names to open point in time; use `_all` or empty string to perform the operation on all indices
    **Repeatable:** pass `--index` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--ignore-unavailable">
    If `false`, the request returns an error if it targets a concrete (non-wildcarded)
    index, alias, or data stream that is missing, closed, or otherwise unavailable.
    If `true`, unavailable concrete targets are silently ignored.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--preference string">
    The node or shard the operation should be performed on.
    By default, it is random.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--routing string">
    A custom value that is used to route operations to a specific shard.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--routing` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--expand-wildcards enum">
    The type of index that wildcard patterns can match.
    If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams.
    It supports comma-separated values, such as `open,hidden`.
    **Values:** all, open, closed, hidden, none
    **Repeatable:** pass `--expand-wildcards` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--allow-partial-search-results">
    Indicates whether the point in time tolerates unavailable shards or shard failures when initially creating the PIT.
    If `false`, creating a point in time request when a shard is missing or unavailable will throw an exception.
    If `true`, the point in time will contain all the shards that are available at the time of the request.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--max-concurrent-shard-requests number">
    Maximum number of concurrent shard requests that each sub-search request executes per node.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--index-filter string">
    Filter indices if the provided query rewrites to `match_none` on every shard.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--human">
    When set to `true` will return statistics in a format suitable for humans.
    For example `"exists_time": "1h"` for humans and
    `"exists_time_in_millis": 3600000` for computers. When disabled the human
    readable values will be omitted. This makes sense for responses being consumed
    only by machines.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>