# Accessing an object stored in a doc

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956 "2018-05-23T09:00:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![insomniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@insomniac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/insomniac)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956/1 "2018-05-23T09:00:47Z")

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I'm trying to use a scripting field to truncate a particular field that's stored.

Unfortunately, when i try to access this field in the scripting fields section, it returns the error "No field found for [field\_name] in mapping with types.

I can access other values of the doc by doing:  
doc['event\_id'].value

But i want to access a field which is user\_data.FilePath

So attempting:  
doc['user\_data.FilePath'].value or even just doc['user\_data'].value throws the same error as above.

Anyone point me in the right direction? Docs on painless scripting and some areas are a little light 🙂

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**Author:** ![Suhas\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suhas_k/32/31525_2.png) [@Suhas\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suhas_K)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956/2 "2018-05-23T10:41:18Z")

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Hi Alex,

Could you please share a screenshot of the structure of the doc?

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**Author:** ![insomniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@insomniac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/insomniac)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956/3 "2018-05-24T01:50:11Z")

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Doc structure:  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/0hRuXM8.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/0hRuXM8.png)

Discover view:  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/yBmjbfp.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/yBmjbfp.png)

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**Author:** ![insomniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@insomniac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/insomniac)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956/4 "2018-05-25T03:15:46Z")

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I don't know what i stuffed up originally in the scripted field, but i can access it now as normal using doc['user\_data.FilePath'].value

Thanks anyway/

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**Author:** ![Suhas\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suhas_k/32/31525_2.png) [@Suhas\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suhas_K)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956/5 "2018-05-25T05:32:19Z")

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Glad to hear that.

Cheers 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956/6 "2018-06-22T05:33:44Z")

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