# Elasticsearch index without template?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-without-template/61957>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 30, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-without-template/61957 "2016-09-30T20:20:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-without-template/61957/1 "2016-09-30T20:20:15Z")

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Hello fellow loggers,

I guess I was unaware, but does Elasticsearch still create indexes and save data to string field types by default to an Index that does not have a template defined at all?

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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:** [October 1, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-without-template/61957/2 "2016-10-01T11:26:14Z")

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Yes, it uses dynamic mappings - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/dynamic-mapping.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/dynamic-mapping.html)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-without-template/61957/3 "2017-07-05T22:15:41Z")

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