# Can we add this dynamically ?ndex.mapping.ignore\_malformed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-this-dynamically-ndex-mapping-ignore-malformed/39531>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-this-dynamically-ndex-mapping-ignore-malformed/39531 "2016-01-19T10:39:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![justnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@justnj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justnj)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-this-dynamically-ndex-mapping-ignore-malformed/39531/1 "2016-01-19T10:39:40Z")

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The index.mapping.ignore\_malformed global setting can be set on the index level to allow to ignore malformed content globally across all mapping types (malformed content example is trying to index a text string value as a numeric type).

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**Author:** ![justnj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@justnj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justnj)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-this-dynamically-ndex-mapping-ignore-malformed/39531/2 "2016-01-19T10:39:58Z")

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The index.mapping.ignore\_malformed global setting can be set on the index level to allow to ignore malformed content globally across all mapping types (malformed content example is trying to index a text string value as a numeric type). for 1.3.7 version index

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**Author:** ![mikemccand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mikemccand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikemccand)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-this-dynamically-ndex-mapping-ignore-malformed/39531/3 "2016-01-19T15:23:21Z")

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Based on the Tip here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ignore-malformed.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ignore-malformed.html)

... it looks like you can set it for already mapped fields, in the current (2.1.x) release.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-add-this-dynamically-ndex-mapping-ignore-malformed/39531/4 "2017-07-05T23:23:25Z")

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