# ES issue with bulk items

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-issue-with-bulk-items/294598>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-issue-with-bulk-items/294598 "2022-01-17T14:41:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-issue-with-bulk-items/294598/2 "2022-01-17T15:35:36Z")

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Take a look at this post it explains the error

> [@Logstash Parser error - tried to parse field as object, but found a concrete value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-parser-error-tried-to-parse-field-as-object-but-found-a-concrete-value/269140/4):
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> Try this test, hopefully this makes it clearer POST test/\_doc { "myfield" : "myvalue", "myotherfield" : { "mysubfield1" : "mysubvalue1", "mysubfield2" : "mysubvalue2" } } Then Post POST test/\_doc { "myfield" : "myvalue", "myotherfield" : "myconcretevalue" } and you will get this error. { "error" : { "root\_cause" : [{ "type" : "mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason" : "object mapping for [myotherfield] tried to parse field [myotherfield] as objec…

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