# Cannot create index from news Data showcased in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCTgroOcyfM&t=1315s

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-from-news-data-showcased-in-https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-cctgroocyfm-t-1315s/265687>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 27, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-from-news-data-showcased-in-https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-cctgroocyfm-t-1315s/265687 "2021-02-27T11:10:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![sushicodee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sushicodee/32/84649_2.png) [@sushicodee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sushicodee)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-from-news-data-showcased-in-https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-cctgroocyfm-t-1315s/265687/1 "2021-02-27T11:10:49Z")

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the error which i get from kibana is

Error creating index

````auto
[mapper_parsing_exception] No type specified for field [properties]

More

{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"No type specified for field [properties]"}],"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"Failed to parse mapping [_doc]: No type specified for field [properties]","caused_by":{"type":"mapper_parsing_exception","reason":"No type specified for field [properties]"}},"status":400}```
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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:** [March 27, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-from-news-data-showcased-in-https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-cctgroocyfm-t-1315s/265687/2 "2021-03-27T11:11:19Z")

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