# Different TTL Configuration for Parent/Child **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 7, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-ttl-configuration-for-parent-child/11045 "2013-03-07T03:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TeeTim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teetim/32/2370_2.png) [@TeeTim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TeeTim)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-ttl-configuration-for-parent-child/11045/1 "2013-03-07T03:52:16Z")
For a single index with parent and child document mappings, does ES support different TTL settings (enabled), via the Put Mapping API? In other words, can a parent document have a different TTL setting than it's child document? Or can only the parent document be configured with the TTL setting? Thanks in advance. Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-ttl-configuration-for-parent-child/11045/2 "2013-03-08T15:07:25Z")
Hello Tim, Yes, you can put different TTLs, as parents and children are different documents with different mappings. You can test that with something like: > But for that to work, you need to set indices.ttl.interval to something like "1s" in your configuration and restart ES. Otherwise, \_ttl will be applied every 60s which will invalidate the test 🙂 ## Best regards, Radu [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Tim Sheridan [tim.sheridan@me.com](mailto:tim.sheridan@me.com) wrote: > For a single index with parent and child document mappings, does ES > support different TTL settings (enabled), via the Put Mapping API? In other > words, can a parent document have a different TTL setting than it's child > document? Or can only the parent document be configured with the TTL > setting? > > Thanks in advance. > > Tim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-ttl-configuration-for-parent-child/11045/3 "2017-07-06T02:47:30Z")