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Document metadata fields

Each document has metadata associated with it, such as the _index and _id metadata fields. The behavior of some of these metadata fields can be customized when a mapping is created.

_index
The index to which the document belongs.
_id
The document’s ID.
_source
The original JSON representing the body of the document.
_size
The size of the _source field in bytes, provided by the mapper-size plugin.
_doc_count
A custom field used for storing doc counts when a document represents pre-aggregated data.
_field_names
All fields in the document which contain non-null values.
_ignored
All fields in the document that have been ignored at index time because of ignore_malformed.
_routing
A custom routing value which routes a document to a particular shard.
_meta
Application specific metadata.
_tier

The current data tier preference of the index to which the document belongs.