# Explicit object property settings question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explicit-object-property-settings-question/12349>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 10, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explicit-object-property-settings-question/12349 "2013-06-10T21:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Robert\_Navarro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/robert_navarro/32/2125_2.png) [@Robert\_Navarro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robert_Navarro)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explicit-object-property-settings-question/12349/1 "2013-06-10T21:44:01Z")

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If I have an object mapping that has a property explicitly set as a string,  
why ES traverse the string children as objects?

Here is a copy of my ES error, mapping and the message that is causing the  
error:

> <https://gist.github.com/rnavarro/9fdb9023ad5988914bd9>

Any ideas on how to resolve this? @fields.receive should be read in as a  
string, not an object

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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 6, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explicit-object-property-settings-question/12349/2 "2017-07-06T02:31:56Z")

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