# Defines one mapping type for a set of of subfields
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 26, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187 "2018-01-26T11:18:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/1 "2018-01-26T11:18:25Z")
Hello,
Is there a way to define a type for a set of sub fields ? Let say I have:
myfield.mysubfield1
myfield.mysubfield2
Is it possible to define the mapping like that :
```
"myfield": {
"type": "float",
},
```
So as mysubfield1 and mysubfield2 will be of type float without having to define all of them in the mapping ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/2 "2018-01-26T11:54:51Z")
You can do something like this with dynamic templates : [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.1/dynamic-templates.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.1/dynamic-templates.html)
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### Author:  [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/3 "2018-01-26T15:09:49Z")
Thanks @dadoonet for the answer, from this dynamic template how could I map an array of repeated set of fields of same type ? and without the same type (not sure it's possible from the documentation) ? :
Example :
`"field":{"subfield1":[{"subsubfield1":"1","subsubfield2":"246","subsubfield3":"6538","subsubfield4":"-84","subsubfield5":"102"},{"subsubfield1":"1","subsubfield2":"246","subsubfield3":"6540","subsubfield4":"-92","subsubfield5":"102"}]`
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/4 "2018-01-26T19:02:09Z")
Please format your code using `` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable.
Or use markdown style like:
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Please edit your post.
In the example you posted, what are the expected settings/mappings you would like to have?
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### Author:  [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/5 "2018-01-27T15:36:48Z")
Sorry, post updated. I think the output would looks like a concatenation of the values for each identical subfields :
```
field.subfield1.subsubfield1=[1, 1]
field.subfield1.subsubfield2=[246, 246]
field.subfield1.subsubfield3=[6538, 6540]
field.subfield1.subsubfield4=[-84, -92]
field.subfield1.subsubfield5=[102, 102]
```
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/6 "2018-01-27T18:25:50Z")
I don't see why dynamic template would not work in that case.
Did you try?
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### Author:  [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/7 "2018-01-27T20:49:33Z")
I tried, but in fact I mixed some stuff and when checking again there is no error for parsing this kind of data except that it leave them as a json displayed in Kibana with a warning saying that "Objects in array are not well supported" :
```
{
"subsubfield1": "131",
"subsubfield2": "246",
"subsubfield3": "1",
"subsubfield4": "9226",
"subsubfield5": "-75"
},
{
"subsubfield1": "171",
"subsubfield2": "246",
"subsubfield3": "10",
"subsubfield4": "9227",
"subsubfield5": "-83"
},
{
"subsubfield1": "134",
"subsubfield2": "245",
"subsubfield3": "3",
"subsubfield4": "9420",
"subsubfield5": "-91"
},
{
"subsubfield1": "121",
"subsubfield2": "249",
"subsubfield3": "1",
"subsubfield4": "9404",
"subsubfield5": "-95"
}
```
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/8 "2018-01-27T22:00:42Z")
Could you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defines-one-mapping-type-for-a-set-of-of-subfields/117187/9 "2018-02-24T22:00:49Z")
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