Date detection in a dynamic template

Nick_Hoffman · May 11, 2012, 2:26am

Hi guys. In the index linked to below, the dynamic template is configured
to set its properties' type to "string".

However, when indexing a document that contains a date-like value, the
dynamic property that's created has its type set to "date" instead of
"string". Why would that be?

This can be seen on lines 42-45 of the last file in this gist:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/nickhoffman/a29700e7c13baaa96a05

1_description.txt

In the index below, the dynamic template is configured to set its properties' type to "string".

However, when indexing the document below, the "attribs.hasbro_product_number" property's type is "date" instead of "string". Why?

This can be seen on lines 42-45 of the last file in this gist.

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Update: It works now!

2_setup.txt

curl -X DELETE 'localhost:9200/hasbro'
echo
curl -X PUT 'localhost:9200/hasbro'
echo
curl -X PUT 'localhost:9200/hasbro/product/_mapping' -d '{
  "product": {

    "date_detection": true,

    "dynamic_templates": [

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3_output.txt

{"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}
{"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}
{"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}
{"ok":true,"_index":"hasbro","_type":"product","_id":"4eb1dd4a349c306bd50000a2","_version":1}
{"ok":true,"_shards":{"total":1,"successful":1,"failed":0}}
{
  "product" : {
    "dynamic_templates" : [ {
      "date_property" : {
        "mapping" : {

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Thanks for your help!
Nick

Nick_Hoffman · May 11, 2012, 2:40am

Embarrassingly, I posted too soon. The dynamic property that's created was
having its type set to "date" instead of "string" because it was NOT
matching the dynamic template.

After adding a mapping template specifically for dates, life is peachy.