# Custom index-level metadata?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-index-level-metadata/6529>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 27, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-index-level-metadata/6529 "2012-01-27T23:49:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Eric\_Jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_jain/32/834_2.png) [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-index-level-metadata/6529/1 "2012-01-27T23:49:08Z")

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Is there a way to attach metadata to an index, similar to what can be  
done with type mappings?

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-index-level-metadata/6529/2 "2012-01-29T18:18:06Z")

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There isn't one, but can be easily added, open an issue?

On Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Eric Jain wrote:

> Is there a way to attach metadata to an index, similar to what can be  
> done with type mappings?

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_jain/32/834_2.png) [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-index-level-metadata/6529/3 "2012-01-29T20:21:02Z")

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On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:18, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:

> There isn't one, but can be easily added, open an issue?

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/1649>
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> Provide a way to attach metadata to an index, similar to what can be
> done with t…ype mappings.

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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, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-index-level-metadata/6529/4 "2017-07-06T03:41:06Z")

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