# \_parent missing during mapping - error inserting objects with parent
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 26, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620 "2014-03-26T16:41:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@kayngee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kayngee)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620/1 "2014-03-26T16:41:32Z")
Hi,
I'm trying to add a \_ parent with the following mappings but for some
reason the \_parent field gets ignored so when I go to insert a new object
in Elastic search I get an exception that no parent field was specified
anyone knows why this is happening?
Regards
Shawn
"elasticsearch\_tests\_utilityobjects\_searchableentity": {
"properties": {
...
```
},
"_all": {
"enabled": true
}
},
"elasticsearch_tests_utilityobjects_zeepextag": {
"properties": {
"UID": {
"type": "long"
},
"Type": {
"type": "integer"
},
"Tag": {
"fields": {
"Tag": {
"index_options": "offsets",
"type": "string",
"store": "yes"
}
},
"type": "multi_field"
}
},
"_parent": {
"type": "elasticsearch_tests_utilityobjects_searchableentity"
},
"_all": {
"enabled": true
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620/2 "2014-03-26T17:42:15Z")
Assuming you are talking about trying to index a child document into
elasticsearch\_tests\_utilityobjects\_zeepextag? If so, you just need to
specify the parent id in the url when you index:
curl -XPOST
localhost:9200/index/elasticsearch\_tests\_utilityobjects\_zeepextag?parent=parent\_id
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### Author:  [@kayngee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kayngee)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620/3 "2014-03-27T08:20:41Z")
> That is what I am doing yet I get the following exception
[http://127.0.0.1:9200/testcollection/elasticsearch\_tests\_utilityobjects\_zeepextag/5333df0b34bb61316092f4b0?parent=5333de6034bb61316092f4a6](http://127.0.0.1:9200/testcollection/elasticsearch_tests_utilityobjects_zeepextag/5333df0b34bb61316092f4b0?parent=5333de6034bb61316092f4a6)
{"error":"ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[Can't specify parent if no
parent field has been configured]","status":400}
Any idea what it might be?
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### Author:  [@kayngee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kayngee)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620/4 "2014-03-27T09:22:45Z")
Found the issue it was related to me using an incorrect index in the URL.
On Thursday, 27 March 2014 09:20:41 UTC+1, Shawn Ritchie wrote:
> That is what I am doing yet I get the following exception
>
> >
>
> [http://127.0.0.1:9200/testcollection/elasticsearch\_tests\_utilityobjects\_zeepextag/5333df0b34bb61316092f4b0?parent=5333de6034bb61316092f4a6](http://127.0.0.1:9200/testcollection/elasticsearch_tests_utilityobjects_zeepextag/5333df0b34bb61316092f4b0?parent=5333de6034bb61316092f4a6)
>
> {"error":"ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[Can't specify parent if no
> parent field has been configured]","status":400}
>
> Any idea what it might be?
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### Author:  [@kayngee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kayngee)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620/5 "2014-03-27T10:17:19Z")
resolved the issue was with the mapping
On Thursday, 27 March 2014 09:20:41 UTC+1, Shawn Ritchie wrote:
> That is what I am doing yet I get the following exception
>
> >
>
> [http://127.0.0.1:9200/testcollection/elasticsearch\_tests\_utilityobjects\_zeepextag/5333df0b34bb61316092f4b0?parent=5333de6034bb61316092f4a6](http://127.0.0.1:9200/testcollection/elasticsearch_tests_utilityobjects_zeepextag/5333df0b34bb61316092f4b0?parent=5333de6034bb61316092f4a6)
>
> {"error":"ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[Can't specify parent if no
> parent field has been configured]","status":400}
>
> Any idea what it might be?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-missing-during-mapping-error-inserting-objects-with-parent/16620/6 "2017-07-06T01:40:16Z")