# Field \[field\] not present as part of path \[field.query\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-field-not-present-as-part-of-path-field-query/344008>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-field-not-present-as-part-of-path-field-query/344008 "2023-09-27T18:45:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![emi\_rose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emi_rose/32/83050_2.png) [@emi\_rose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emi_rose)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-field-not-present-as-part-of-path-field-query/344008/1 "2023-09-27T18:45:20Z")

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I'm creating a pipeline with a gsub processor and I keep getting this error when testing the pipeline on a document. I had to add a unique delimiter before ingesting to deal with a whitespace issue. I'm now trying to replace that delimiter with white spaces. The delimiter is |x| and my configuration for the gsub processor is `^\\|x\\|$`. I would use "ignore\_failure" but then the processor will never truly work if it can't find the field I'm trying to modify.

Thanks.

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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:** [October 25, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-field-not-present-as-part-of-path-field-query/344008/2 "2023-10-25T18:45:30Z")

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