Data insert/update in new index fields

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Hi,

i have my Elasticsearch 7.17 installed, where i have multiple indexes with data in them.

now, i want to update those indexes with new mappings & settings, and i also want that new field is present when i run search query in it.

for example:-
index "Hollywood" has an existing field "actor" with value "john", now i want to add field "movie".

now when i search with only "actor" in my query, it works, but when i search with both "actor" & "movie", it gives me error:-

"reason": {
"type": "illegal_argument_exception",
"reason": "no mapping found for field [movie]"
}

i understand that there is no data in the field "movie", but atleast it should not fail with an exception

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