# Elastic search how to ignore a field in mapping
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 11, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145 "2015-09-11T15:21:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@apt275](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apt275)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145/1 "2015-09-11T15:21:20Z")
i am trying to create a mapping in elastic search to ignore one of the fields in my incoming data. i am following the documentation here
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-object-type.html#\_enabled\_3](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-object-type.html#_enabled_3)
looks like the enabled property is exactly what i need , but i do not get the desired results.
Here is my mapping
```
PUT /comtest
{
"mappings": {
"ftype": {
"properties": {
"a": {
"type": "string"
},
"b": {
"type": "long"
},
"c":
{
"type" : "object",
"enabled" : false
},
"d": {
"type": "string"
},
"e": {
"type": "string"
},
"f": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"g": {
"type": "string"
},
"h": {
"type": "string"
},
"i": {
"type": "long"
},
"j": {
"type": "string"
},
"k": {
"type": "long"
},
"l": {
"type": "date"
},
"m": {
"type": "string"
},
"n": {
"type": "string"
},
"o": {
"type": "string"
},
"p": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
```
Here is my data
```
put /comtest/t/1
{
"a": "cdcwc",
"b": 1,
"c": {
"6": 22,
"322": [
444,
"ew",
"fwefwe."
]
},
"d": null,
"e": "svgerbgerb",
"f": false,
"g": "rethrt",
"h": null,
"i": 55,
"j": null,
"k": null,
"l": null,
"m": "dasd",
"n": 88,
"o": "1",
"p": "asas"
}
```
And I get the following error
{
"error": "MapperParsingException[failed to parse [FIXMessage.448]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "ew"]; ",
"status": 400
}
Why wasn’t the field ignored ?
i have also tried using
"store":false,
"include\_in\_all":false,
"index":"no"
but to no effect.
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### Author:  [@shanec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shanec)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145/2 "2015-09-11T16:56:11Z")
Ah. I take it from this example that you're trying to completely discard the "c" field, via `"enabled":false`
If that's your intent, you've only got 1 small error: you've created the mapping of `ftype` under the `comtest` index, but when you add data, you're using `/comtest/t/1` which means it's trying to use the mapping `t`, which doesn't exist.
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### Author:  [@shanec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shanec)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145/3 "2015-09-11T17:03:40Z")
It's also worth noting that the fundamental reason you need this is hat c-\>322 field is an array of mixed values, which isn't allowed ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/complex-core-fields.html#\_multivalue\_fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/complex-core-fields.html#_multivalue_fields)). You could switch that to be a nested JSON object instead of a mixed array and that would be fine as well.
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### Author:  [@apt275](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apt275)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145/4 "2015-09-14T17:48:34Z")
correct ! rookie mistake. thanks for the advice.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-how-to-ignore-a-field-in-mapping/29145/5 "2017-07-05T23:50:25Z")