# Does an index pattern have a limit to the amount of fields it contains?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-an-index-pattern-have-a-limit-to-the-amount-of-fields-it-contains/289434>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-an-index-pattern-have-a-limit-to-the-amount-of-fields-it-contains/289434 "2021-11-17T11:20:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![hNiven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hniven/32/94305_2.png) [@hNiven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hNiven)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-an-index-pattern-have-a-limit-to-the-amount-of-fields-it-contains/289434/1 "2021-11-17T11:20:15Z")

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Hi,

We have an index pattern that is currently at 1008 fields and when trying to add a new index that would fall into this index pattern the extra fields are not appearing on the index pattern.

I have had a look and all I can find so far is a limit of 1000 for indexes.

So my question is, is there a limit to the maximum number of fields that can be contained within an index pattern or is this just set for each index?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-an-index-pattern-have-a-limit-to-the-amount-of-fields-it-contains/289434/2 "2021-11-17T23:26:44Z")

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In an index pattern, no.

But in an **index** , yes. See [Mapping limit settings | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/mapping-settings-limit.html), specifically `index.mapping.total_fields.limit`.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-an-index-pattern-have-a-limit-to-the-amount-of-fields-it-contains/289434/3 "2021-12-15T23:27:12Z")

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