# Copy\_to using a path?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-using-a-path/16229>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-using-a-path/16229 "2014-03-07T14:39:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![dantuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dantuff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dantuff)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-using-a-path/16229/1 "2014-03-07T14:39:53Z")

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Is it possible to use a path for the copy\_to value? something like:

{  
"book": {  
"title": {  
"type": "string",  
"properties": {  
"en": {  
"type": "string",  
"copy\_to": "title.newTitle"  
},  
"newTitle": {  
"type": "string"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

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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 6, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-using-a-path/16229/2 "2017-07-06T01:44:55Z")

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