# Cannot change DocValues type from BINARY to SORTED\_SET for field "Status"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-docvalues-type-from-binary-to-sorted-set-for-field-status/38937>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-docvalues-type-from-binary-to-sorted-set-for-field-status/38937 "2016-01-12T05:08:49Z")\
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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 12, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-docvalues-type-from-binary-to-sorted-set-for-field-status/38937/1 "2016-01-12T05:08:49Z")

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nested: IllegalArgumentException[cannot change DocValues type from BINARY to SORTED\_SET for field "Status"]

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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, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-change-docvalues-type-from-binary-to-sorted-set-for-field-status/38937/2 "2017-07-05T23:25:18Z")

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