# CouchDB plugin set dynamic type for Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/couchdb-plugin-set-dynamic-type-for-elasticsearch/2293>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 10, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/couchdb-plugin-set-dynamic-type-for-elasticsearch/2293 "2015-06-10T10:47:04Z")\
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This configuration:

```
type => "%{type}"

```

...will not work in an input block.

If field type is in with \_id and \_rev, that field is, quite likely, in the @metadata field as [@metadata][type]. If so, you'd need to overwrite the Logstash event's type with a mutate replace:

```
mutate {
  replace => { "type" => "%{[@metadata][type]}" }
}
```

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