# Elasticsearch output does not support parent-child indexing **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [June 1, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-does-not-support-parent-child-indexing/1669 "2015-06-01T22:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sumithub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sumithub/32/461_2.png) [@sumithub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumithub)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-does-not-support-parent-child-indexing/1669/1 "2015-06-01T22:13:10Z")
Hello, This issue is already opened in git [https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/issues/129](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/issues/129) I'm facing the issue while indexing child docs. I tried the code as mentioned by Vordoom in above link, but didn't make it to work. Would appreciate if someone from the community could help in this regard. Here's the mapping and code change suggested in the issue Elasticsearch Version: 1.50 Logstash Version: 1.5.0 Added below line of code inside elasticsearch.rb at line 426 parent = @parent ? event.sprintf(@parent) : nil buffer\_receive([event.sprintf(@action), { :\_id =\> document\_id, :\_index =\> index, :\_type =\> type, :\_routing =\> routing, :\_parent =\> parent }, event]) Installed the plugin after gem build inside standalone logstash ./bin/plugin install /home/vagrant/logstash-output-elasticsearch/logstash-output-elasticsearch-0.2.7-java.gem Logstash configuration looks like below: input { elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"] index =\> "shop" size =\> 500 scroll =\> "5m" docinfo =\> true } } filter { mutate { remove\_field =\> ["@version"] remove\_field =\> ["@timestamp"] } } output { elasticsearch { index =\> "shop\_logstash" host =\> "localhost" protocol =\> "http" index\_type =\> "%{[@metadata][\_type]}" document\_id =\> "%{[@metadata][\_id]}" workers =\> 1 manage\_template =\> false } stdout { codec =\> rubydebug } } Index Structure : Shop is parent and variation is child type PUT /shop/cloth/\_mapping -d { "cloth" : { "properties" : { "name" : {"type" : "string"} } } } PUT /shop/variation/\_mapping { "variation" : { "\_parent" : { "type" : "cloth" }, "properties" : { "size" : {"type" : "string", "index" : "not\_analyzed"}, "color" : {"type" : "string", "index" : "not\_analyzed"} } } } Logstash debug output Logstash startup completed output received {:event=\>{"name"=\>"Test shirt"}, :level=\>:debug, :file=\>"(eval)", :line=\>"50", :method=\>"output\_func"} { "name" =\> "Test shirt" } output received {:event=\>{"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, :level=\>:debug, :file=\>"(eval)", :line=\>"50", :method=\>"output\_func"} { "color" =\> "red", "size" =\> "XXL" } output received {:event=\>{"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, :level=\>:debug, :file=\>"(eval)", :line=\>"50", :method=\>"output\_func"} { "color" =\> "black", "size" =\> "XL" } Flushing output {:outgoing\_count=\>3, :time\_since\_last\_flush=\>0.049, :outgoing\_events=\>{nil=\>[["index", {:\_id=\>"1", :\_index=\>"shop\_logstash", :\_type=\>"cloth", :\_routing=\>nil, :parent=\>nil}, #"shop", "\_type"=\>"cloth", "\_id"=\>"1", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @lut={"[\_type]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"cloth", "\_id"=\>"1", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_type"], "[\_id]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"cloth", "\_id"=\>"1", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_id"]}\>, @cancelled=false, @data={"name"=\>"Test shirt"}, @metadata={"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"cloth", "\_id"=\>"1", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @accessors=#"Test shirt"}, @lut={"@version"=\>[{"name"=\>"Test shirt"}, "@version"], "@timestamp"=\>[{"name"=\>"Test shirt"}, "@timestamp"]}\>\>], ["index", {:\_id=\>"1000", :\_index=\>"shop\_logstash", :\_type=\>"variation", :\_routing=\>nil, :parent=\>nil}, #"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @lut={"[\_type]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_type"], "[\_id]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_id"]}\>, @cancelled=false, @data={"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, @metadata={"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @accessors=#"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, @lut={"@version"=\>[{"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, "@version"], "@timestamp"=\>[{"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, "@timestamp"]}\>\>], ["index", {:\_id=\>"1001", :\_index=\>"shop\_logstash", :\_type=\>"variation", :\_routing=\>nil, :parent=\>nil}, #"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @lut={"[\_type]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_type"], "[\_id]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_id"]}\>, @cancelled=false, @data={"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, @metadata={"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @accessors=#"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, @lut={"@version"=\>[{"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, "@version"], "@timestamp"=\>[{"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, "@timestamp"]}\>\>]]}, :batch\_timeout=\>1, :force=\>true, :final=\>true, :level=\>:debug, :file=\>"stud/buffer.rb", :line=\>"207", :method=\>"buffer\_flush"} failed action with response of 400, dropping action: ["index", {:\_id=\>"1000", :\_index=\>"shop\_logstash", :\_type=\>"variation", :\_routing=\>nil, :parent=\>nil}, #"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @lut={"[\_type]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_type"], "[\_id]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_id"]}\>, @cancelled=false, @data={"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, @metadata={"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1000", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @accessors=#"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, @lut={"@version"=\>[{"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, "@version"], "@timestamp"=\>[{"color"=\>"red", "size"=\>"XXL"}, "@timestamp"]}\>\>] {:level=\>:warn, :file=\>"logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb", :line=\>"451", :method=\>"submit"} failed action with response of 400, dropping action: ["index", {:\_id=\>"1001", :\_index=\>"shop\_logstash", :\_type=\>"variation", :\_routing=\>nil, :parent=\>nil}, #"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @lut={"[\_type]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_type"], "[\_id]"=\>[{"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, "\_id"]}\>, @cancelled=false, @data={"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, @metadata={"\_index"=\>"shop", "\_type"=\>"variation", "\_id"=\>"1001", "retry\_count"=\>0}, @accessors=#"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, @lut={"@version"=\>[{"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, "@version"], "@timestamp"=\>[{"color"=\>"black", "size"=\>"XL"}, "@timestamp"]}\>\>] {:level=\>:warn, :file=\>"logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb", :line=\>"451", :method=\>"submit"} Shifting current elasticsearch client {:level=\>:debug, :file=\>"logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb", :line=\>"469", :method=\>"flush"} Switched current elasticsearch client to #0 at localhost {:level=\>:debug, :file=\>"logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb", :line=\>"519", :method=\>"shift\_client"} Plugin is finished {:plugin=\>, :level=\>:info, :file=\>"logstash/plugin.rb", :line=\>"61", :method=\>"finished"} Pipeline shutdown complete. {:level=\>:info, :file=\>"logstash/pipeline.rb", :line=\>"100", :method=\>"run"} Logstash shutdown completed Just wondering if this issue is planned to be fixed in upcoming release? Thanks ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-does-not-support-parent-child-indexing/1669/2 "2015-06-02T11:16:24Z")
You'll likely get a better response on the GH issue 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sumithub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sumithub/32/461_2.png) [@sumithub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sumithub)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-does-not-support-parent-child-indexing/1669/3 "2015-06-24T20:54:39Z")
The issue is resolved and could be tracked here > ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-does-not-support-parent-child-indexing/1669/4 "2017-07-06T05:36:35Z")