# Define one mapping for multiple indices
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-one-mapping-for-multiple-indices/46591
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 6, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-one-mapping-for-multiple-indices/46591 "2016-04-06T19:52:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@sharon.c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sharon.c)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-one-mapping-for-multiple-indices/46591/1 "2016-04-06T19:52:32Z")
Hi I have logstash forwarding data to elasticsearch, it generates 1 index each day. How do I define one mapping for the all the indices ?
Currently, I am using the following mapping defined in sense script, just for one index
PUT /elkstats\_record\_clicks
{
"settings": {
"number\_of\_shards" : 8,
"number\_of\_replicas" : 1
},
"mappings" : {
"log" : {
...
}
}
}
But I plan to generate 1 index everyday, my logstash output will be like this:
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> "staging-elkstack:9200"
index =\> "elkstats\_record\_clicks\_%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
template\_name =\> "log"
manage\_template =\> false
}
}
Because the index name changes every day, how can I define a mapping which fits all the index files ?
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### Author:  [@thn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thn)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-one-mapping-for-multiple-indices/46591/2 "2016-04-06T20:02:00Z")
You can find the info at the link below, replace **"te"** with **"elkstats\_record\_clicks"**
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-one-mapping-for-multiple-indices/46591/3 "2017-07-05T23:01:44Z")