# Can't parse number

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-parse-number/86211>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 18, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-parse-number/86211 "2017-05-18T08:24:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![LmYjQ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lmyjq/32/97480_2.png) [@LmYjQ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LmYjQ)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-parse-number/86211/1 "2017-05-18T08:24:32Z")

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> Failed action. {:status=\>400, :action=\>["index", {:\_id=\>nil, :\_index=\>"logstash-access\_api-2017.05.17", :\_type=\>"access\_api", :\_routing=\>nil}, 2017-05-17T15:07:51.000Z %{host} %{message}], :response=\>{"index"=\>{"\_index"=\>"logstash-access\_api-2017.05.17", "\_type"=\>"access\_api", "\_id"=\>"AVwaoytNIweVfrqRlCkS", "status"=\>400, "error"=\>{"type"=\>"mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason"=\>"failed to parse [url\_args.play\_time]", "caused\_by"=\>{"type"=\>"number\_format\_exception", "reason"=\>"For input string: "17.47649955749512""}}}}}

I have tried to config in filter but still don't work:

> ```
> if [type]=="access_api" {
> mutate { convert => {"url_args.play_time"=>"float"} }
> geoip { source => "ip" }
> }
> 
> ```

and mapping

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/1/210b49bfb88980de9eb0abe9711098e369512aeb.png)

Thank you in advance

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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 15, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-parse-number/86211/2 "2017-06-15T08:24:42Z")

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Closed on June 15, 2017, 8:24am UTC

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