# During writing data to Elasticsearch I get "object mapping for \[fields.args\] tried to parse field \[null\] as object, but found a concrete value"

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/during-writing-data-to-elasticsearch-i-get-object-mapping-for-fields-args-tried-to-parse-field-null-as-object-but-found-a-concrete-value/221863
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 3, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/during-writing-data-to-elasticsearch-i-get-object-mapping-for-fields-args-tried-to-parse-field-null-as-object-but-found-a-concrete-value/221863 "2020-03-03T11:03:25Z")
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### Author: ![George\_Wainwright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/george_wainwright/32/51054_2.png) [@George\_Wainwright](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Wainwright)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/during-writing-data-to-elasticsearch-i-get-object-mapping-for-fields-args-tried-to-parse-field-null-as-object-but-found-a-concrete-value/221863/1 "2020-03-03T11:03:25Z")

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I have the next Warning message when logstash tries to push data to Elasticsearch:  
`object mapping for [fields.args] tried to parse field [null] as object, but found a concrete value`

I've noticed that in logs fields.args structure is being changed periodically.  
In one case this is array:  
fields.args: [9,"2020-03-03"]

In another case for example - this is mapping:  
fields.args.id general\_theme

May it be the reason of these warnings?

I use latest version of filebeat elasticsearch logstash and Kibana which is 7.6.0

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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: [March 31, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/during-writing-data-to-elasticsearch-i-get-object-mapping-for-fields-args-tried-to-parse-field-null-as-object-but-found-a-concrete-value/221863/2 "2020-03-31T11:03:31Z")

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