# Error using SQL Translate API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-sql-translate-api/233550>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-sql-translate-api/233550 "2020-05-20T14:11:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sanjaysubramanian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sanjaysubramanian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sanjaysubramanian)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-sql-translate-api/233550/1 "2020-05-20T14:11:28Z")

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My index name is called **fan\_messages**

```auto
curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/fan_messages" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
    "mappings" : {
        "properties": {
                    "email": { "type": "keyword" },
                    "yyyy_mm_dd": { "type": "keyword" }
        }
    }
}
'

Translate API
-------------------
POST
--------
http://localhost:9200/fan_messages/translate

BODY 
--------
{
    "query": "SELECT yyyy_mm_dd , count(distinct email) FROM fan_messages group by yyyy_mm_dd",
    "fetch_size": 10
}

RESPONSE
---------------
{
    "error": {
        "root_cause": [
            {
                "type": "illegal_argument_exception",
                "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to [fan_messages] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [_doc, translate]"
            }
        ],
        "type": "illegal_argument_exception",
        "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to [fan_messages] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [_doc, translate]"
    },
    "status": 400
}

```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-sql-translate-api/233550/2 "2020-05-20T15:05:49Z")

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Here is how to fix it:

```auto
DELETE /fan_messages
PUT /fan_messages
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "email": {
        "type": "keyword"
      },
      "yyyy_mm_dd": {
        "type": "keyword"
      }
    }
  }
}

POST /_sql/translate
{
  "query": "SELECT yyyy_mm_dd , count(distinct email) FROM fan_messages group by yyyy_mm_dd",
  "fetch_size": 10
}

```

Translate documentation is here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-translate.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-translate.html)

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**Author:** ![sanjaysubramanian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sanjaysubramanian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sanjaysubramanian)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-sql-translate-api/233550/3 "2020-05-20T17:00:39Z")

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Thanks @dadoonet (David Pilato) . That worked 😀 thank you 🙏

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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:** [June 17, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-sql-translate-api/233550/4 "2020-06-17T17:00:40Z")

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