# Failed to parse field \[input\] of type \[text\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-parse-field-input-of-type-text/256486>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-parse-field-input-of-type-text/256486 "2020-11-24T10:31:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Andex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andex)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-parse-field-input-of-type-text/256486/1 "2020-11-24T10:31:38Z")

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Hi, i have this problem on logstash.

On index template i set "input" like "text" and when log arrives from filebeat, my logstash.log said :  
"failed to parse field [input] of type [text] in document with id ..."

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-parse-field-input-of-type-text/256486/2 "2020-11-24T14:57:28Z")

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What is the complete error message?

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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:** [December 22, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-parse-field-input-of-type-text/256486/3 "2020-12-22T14:57:32Z")

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