[[reference-ml-post_data]]

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[discrete]
=== client.ml.postData

Send data to an anomaly detection job for analysis. IMPORTANT: For each job, data can be accepted from only a single connection at a time. It is not currently possible to post data to multiple jobs using wildcards or a comma-separated list.

{ref}/ml-post-data.html[{es} documentation]

[discrete]
==== Function signature

[source,ts]
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(MlPostDataRequest, options?): Promise<MlPostDataResponse>
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[discrete]
===== `MlPostDataRequest`

[source,ts]
----
interface MlPostDataRequest<TData = unknown> extends <<shared-type-request-base, RequestBase>> {
  job_id: <<shared-type-id, Id>>
  reset_end?: <<shared-type-date-time, DateTime>>
  reset_start?: <<shared-type-date-time, DateTime>>
  data?: TData[]
}
----

[discrete]
===== `MlPostDataResponse`

[source,ts]
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interface MlPostDataResponse {
  bucket_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  earliest_record_timestamp: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  empty_bucket_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  input_bytes: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  input_field_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  input_record_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  invalid_date_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  job_id: <<shared-type-id, Id>>
  last_data_time: <<shared-type-integer, integer>>
  latest_record_timestamp: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  missing_field_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  out_of_order_timestamp_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  processed_field_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  processed_record_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
  sparse_bucket_count: <<shared-type-long, long>>
}
----