# Command to change fieldtype of an index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/command-to-change-fieldtype-of-an-index/186275>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 18, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/command-to-change-fieldtype-of-an-index/186275 "2019-06-18T14:08:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/command-to-change-fieldtype-of-an-index/186275/11 "2019-06-21T07:58:38Z")

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Hi @pathri

you might want to take a look at this thread

> [@Update API timeout](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-api-timeout/152760/3):
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> @spinscale i'm getting the following exception { "statusCode": 504, "error": "Gateway Time-out", "message": "Client request timeout" }

where the user had the same issue while using the same API

Hope this helps!

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