# Default Mapping Setup
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 26, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111 "2015-08-26T14:07:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@JoeeGrigg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoeeGrigg)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/1 "2015-08-26T14:07:23Z")
I have been trying to set up default mappings for a brand new index and I keep getting errors.
This is what I am doing
```
PUT /documents
{
mappings": {
"_default_: {
"title": {"type": "string"},
"author": {"type": "string"},
"description": {"type": "string"},
"tags": {"type": "string"},
"country": {"type": "string"},
"version": {"type": "double"},
"revisions": {"type": "string"},
"createdAt": {"type": "date"},
"updatedAt": {"type": "date"},
"fileType": {"type": "string"},
"urlToFile": {"type": "string"},
"archived": {"type": "boolean"},
"archivedDate": {"type": "date"},
"archivedReason": {"type": "string"}
}
}
}
```
And then the error that I am getting is:
```
{"error":"ElasticsearchParseException[failed to parse source for create index]; nested: JsonParseException[Illegal unquoted character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 10)): has to be escaped using backslash to be included in name\n at [Source: [B@75dfe5d5; line: 3, column: 17]]; ","status":400}
```
Does anyone have any ideas?
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### Author:  [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/2 "2015-08-26T14:09:24Z")
You are missing a `"` character after `_default`:
> [@JoeeGrigg](#):
>
> "_default_: {
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### Author:  [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/3 "2015-08-26T14:12:08Z")
You are also missing a `"` before `mappings`:
> [@JoeeGrigg](#):
>
> mappings": {
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### Author:  [@JoeeGrigg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoeeGrigg)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/4 "2015-08-26T14:12:15Z")
Ah yeah that was silly.
However I have fixed that and still not having any luck.
I am still getting the same error 😕
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### Author:  [@JoeeGrigg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoeeGrigg)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/5 "2015-08-26T14:15:04Z")
Never mind. But I do have a different error now 😕
```
{"error":"MapperParsingException[mapping [_default_]]; nested: MapperParsingException[Root type mapping not empty after parsing! Remaining fields: [archivedDate : {type=date}] [country : {type=string}] [urlToFile : {type=string}] [author : {type=string}] [description : {type=string}] [title : {type=string}] [version : {type=double}] [tags : {type=string}] [createdAt : {type=date}] [archived : {type=boolean}] [revisions : {type=string}] [fileType : {type=string}] [archivedReason : {type=string}] [updatedAt : {type=date}]]; ","status":400}
```
Any ideas on this one? @colings86
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### Author:  [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/6 "2015-08-26T14:17:44Z")
You need to have a `"properties":{}` object under `_default_` and put your fields in there. see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-core-types.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-core-types.html) for more information on setting mappings
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### Author:  [@JoeeGrigg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoeeGrigg)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/7 "2015-08-26T14:21:09Z")
Ah that has worked.
Thank you 😄
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-mapping-setup/28111/8 "2017-07-05T23:53:44Z")