# Bytes can be at most 32766 in length got 36716

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-can-be-at-most-32766-in-length-got-36716/267463>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** reindex\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-can-be-at-most-32766-in-length-got-36716/267463 "2021-03-17T09:49:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-can-be-at-most-32766-in-length-got-36716/267463/2 "2021-03-17T16:37:06Z")

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Hello,

You might want to consider using a `text` mapping. For reference, see [this discuss thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bytes-can-be-at-most-32766-in-length/213650).

Regards,  
Aaron

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