# Crying for help:: MapperParsingException when trying to create index with mapping

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 6, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/crying-for-help-mapperparsingexception-when-trying-to-create-index-with-mapping/21512 "2015-01-06T22:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Krishna\_Raj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Krishna\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Krishna_Raj)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/crying-for-help-mapperparsingexception-when-trying-to-create-index-with-mapping/21512/1 "2015-01-06T22:00:00Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to create an index with mapping which contains nested object. I  
also tried to update the mapping of an empty created index with the same  
below mapping which contains nested object.

But I am getting MapperParsingException error all time. My cluster goes  
down and recoveres automatically. I am banging my head on this for last 1  
week with no help.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Reference:  
[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-nested-type.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-nested-type.html)

\*My Sample JSON: \*

{  
"timeStamp": "2014-12-31T19:15:45.000+0000",  
"metrics": [  
{  
"name": "viewList",  
"ave": 10.5  
},  
{  
"name": "checkout",  
"ave": 20.5  
},  
{  
"name": "login",  
"ave": 30.5  
},  
{  
"name": "logout",  
"ave": 40.5  
}  
]  
}

_Mapping I am trying:_

curl -XPUT '[http://myhost:9201/testagg/testagg/\_mapping](http://myhost:9201/testagg/testagg/_mapping)' -d '{  
"testagg": {  
"properties": {  
"timeStamp": {  
"format": "dateOptionalTime",  
"type": "date"  
},  
"properties": {  
"metrics": {  
"type": "nested",  
"properties": {  
"name": {  
"type": "string"  
},  
"ave": {  
"type": "double"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}'

Thanks,  
Krishna Raj

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**Author:** ![masaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@masaru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masaru)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/crying-for-help-mapperparsingexception-when-trying-to-create-index-with-mapping/21512/2 "2015-01-07T05:49:51Z")

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Hi,

Your mapping isn't correct. If you remove "properties" around "metrics", it  
should work.

* * *

## curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/testagg/testagg/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/testagg/testagg/_mapping)" -d' { "testagg": { "properties": { "timeStamp": { "format": "dateOptionalTime", "type": "date" }, "metrics": { "type": "nested", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "ave": { "type": "double" } } } } } }'

Masaru

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Krishna Raj [reach.krishnaraj@gmail.com](mailto:reach.krishnaraj@gmail.com)  
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to create an index with mapping which contains nested object.  
> I also tried to update the mapping of an empty created index with the same  
> below mapping which contains nested object.
> 
> But I am getting MapperParsingException error all time. My cluster goes  
> down and recoveres automatically. I am banging my head on this for last 1  
> week with no help.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Reference:  
> [Elastic — The Search AI Company | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-nested-type.html)
> 
> \*My Sample JSON: \*
> 
> {  
> "timeStamp": "2014-12-31T19:15:45.000+0000",  
> "metrics": [  
> {  
> "name": "viewList",  
> "ave": 10.5  
> },  
> {  
> "name": "checkout",  
> "ave": 20.5  
> },  
> {  
> "name": "login",  
> "ave": 30.5  
> },  
> {  
> "name": "logout",  
> "ave": 40.5  
> }  
> ]  
> }
> 
> _Mapping I am trying:_
> 
> curl -XPUT '[http://myhost:9201/testagg/testagg/\_mapping](http://myhost:9201/testagg/testagg/_mapping)' -d '{  
> "testagg": {  
> "properties": {  
> "timeStamp": {  
> "format": "dateOptionalTime",  
> "type": "date"  
> },  
> "properties": {  
> "metrics": {  
> "type": "nested",  
> "properties": {  
> "name": {  
> "type": "string"  
> },  
> "ave": {  
> "type": "double"  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }'
> 
> Thanks,  
> Krishna Raj
> 
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**Author:** ![Krishna\_Raj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Krishna\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Krishna_Raj)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/crying-for-help-mapperparsingexception-when-trying-to-create-index-with-mapping/21512/3 "2015-01-12T06:11:57Z")

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Hi Masaru,

Thank You.

It did not work. Because we were using 1.3.x version of elasticsearch and  
there is bug for solaris for mapping nested object.

I upgraded ES and the mapping is good now.

Thanks,  
Krishna Raj

On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2:00:01 PM UTC-8, Krishna Raj wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to create an index with mapping which contains nested object.  
> I also tried to update the mapping of an empty created index with the same  
> below mapping which contains nested object.
> 
> But I am getting MapperParsingException error all time. My cluster goes  
> down and recoveres automatically. I am banging my head on this for last 1  
> week with no help.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Reference:  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-nested-type.html)
> 
> \*My Sample JSON: \*
> 
> {  
> "timeStamp": "2014-12-31T19:15:45.000+0000",  
> "metrics": [  
> {  
> "name": "viewList",  
> "ave": 10.5  
> },  
> {  
> "name": "checkout",  
> "ave": 20.5  
> },  
> {  
> "name": "login",  
> "ave": 30.5  
> },  
> {  
> "name": "logout",  
> "ave": 40.5  
> }  
> ]  
> }
> 
> _Mapping I am trying:_
> 
> curl -XPUT '[http://myhost:9201/testagg/testagg/\_mapping](http://myhost:9201/testagg/testagg/_mapping)' -d '{  
> "testagg": {  
> "properties": {  
> "timeStamp": {  
> "format": "dateOptionalTime",  
> "type": "date"  
> },  
> "properties": {  
> "metrics": {  
> "type": "nested",  
> "properties": {  
> "name": {  
> "type": "string"  
> },  
> "ave": {  
> "type": "double"  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }'
> 
> Thanks,  
> Krishna Raj

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/crying-for-help-mapperparsingexception-when-trying-to-create-index-with-mapping/21512/4 "2017-07-06T00:39:37Z")

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