# Dynamic\_templates - is path\_match on subfield possible?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-templates-is-path-match-on-subfield-possible/15713
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 11, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-templates-is-path-match-on-subfield-possible/15713 "2014-02-11T02:32:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@seallison](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seallison)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-templates-is-path-match-on-subfield-possible/15713/1 "2014-02-11T02:32:19Z")
Is it possible to use path\_match to consider sub fields as criteria in
applying the template?
For example, I have a dynamic template like this, but it isn't really what
I want:
"dynamic\_templates": [
{
"nested\_property\_attributes": {
"match\_mapping\_type": "object",
"path\_match": "\*.value",
"mapping": {
"type": "nested",
"include\_in\_parent": true
}
}
}
]
In my data, what is under the path \*.value could be a lot of different
things. If there is a property named 'ranking' under .value, then I want
to index it as a nested type. Otherwise, I don't want the template applied.
For example: I want the dynamic template to apply to the path
"foo.bar.value" if and only if there is a "foo.bar.value.ranking" field.
Is there any way to express this? Maybe using "match\_pattern": "regex" ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-templates-is-path-match-on-subfield-possible/15713/2 "2017-07-06T01:51:17Z")