# Error: Fielddata is disabled on text fields
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313 "2019-01-30T09:15:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@li\_jessen2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/li_jessen2016)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313/1 "2019-01-30T09:15:57Z")
I am following the operation of the video "getting started with Elasticsearch", [https://www.elastic.co/webinars/getting-started-elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/getting-started-elasticsearch).
I post several indices into the Elasticsearch by using POST /inspections/\_doc/\_bulk, the documents of the indices include _"inspection\_score": 96_ . But when I use the following command to sort the documents according to the value of "inspection\_score", just as the video does.
GET /inspections/\_doc/\_search
{
"query":{
"range": {
"inspection\_score": {
"gte": 80
}
}
},
"sort":[
{
"inspection\_score": "desc"
```
}
]
```
}
I got the error: "Fielddata is disabled on text fields by default. Set fielddata=true on [inspection\_score] in order to load fielddata in memory by uninverting the inverted index.
Why? The video shows everything is fine. By the way, is "inspection\_score" of type text? I think it maybe number since in the POST command, I specify a number to the value of "inspection\_score".
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### Author:  [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313/2 "2019-01-30T14:31:56Z")
hi @li_jessen2016
fielddata is indeed disabled by default on text-fields. For more info see here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/fielddata.html#\_fielddata\_is\_disabled\_on\_literal\_text\_literal\_fields\_by\_default](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/fielddata.html#_fielddata_is_disabled_on_literal_text_literal_fields_by_default)
I would first check the mapping of your index, and verify what field-type the `inspection_score` field has.
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### Author:  [@li\_jessen2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/li_jessen2016)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313/3 "2019-01-31T11:05:25Z")
I delete the indices. And post in bulk again. It works. It maybe previously I used "96" text as the value of inspection\_score and it stayed there until I deleted them all.
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### Author:  [@adityassa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adityassa)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313/4 "2019-01-31T11:41:55Z")
PUT /index\_name
{
_your mapping here_
"mappings": {}
}
First use this method to create a mapping for your index. Then push the data.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields/166313/5 "2019-02-28T11:54:31Z")
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