# Creating a template in elastic 5.1 fails , which succeeds in 2.x

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-template-in-elastic-5-1-fails-which-succeeds-in-2-x/74723>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-template-in-elastic-5-1-fails-which-succeeds-in-2-x/74723 "2017-02-10T22:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![raviscal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@raviscal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raviscal)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-template-in-elastic-5-1-fails-which-succeeds-in-2-x/74723/1 "2017-02-10T22:57:53Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to create a template for dynamic indexes. The main reason to create the template is to make sure some of my properties are not indexed. The same works in ES 2.x. Below is my template:

PUT /\_template/cisprodindextemplate  
{  
"template": "logstash-cis-prod-\*",  
"settings": {  
"index": {  
"number\_of\_shards": 1,  
"number\_of\_replicas": 1  
},  
"mappings": {  
"cisprod": {  
"properties": {

```
				"events": {
					"type": "string",
                    "index": "false"					
				}
			
			}
		}
	}

}

```

}

I get the following error:

{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason": "unknown setting [index.mappings.cisprod.properties.events.index] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings"  
}  
],  
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason": "unknown setting [index.mappings.cisprod.properties.events.index] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings"  
},  
"status": 400  
}

Any help is really appreciated.

Ravi.

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**Author:** ![raviscal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@raviscal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raviscal)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-template-in-elastic-5-1-fails-which-succeeds-in-2-x/74723/2 "2017-02-10T23:22:32Z")

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removing "index": has resolved the issue.

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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 10, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-template-in-elastic-5-1-fails-which-succeeds-in-2-x/74723/3 "2017-03-10T23:22:44Z")

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