# Finding document\_type? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 20, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-document-type/145176 "2018-08-20T13:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S\_Chase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s_chase/32/33237_2.png) [@S\_Chase](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/S_Chase)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-document-type/145176/1 "2018-08-20T13:17:16Z")
I get a log message when elasticsearch starts that document\_type is in use and is depreciated, etc. etc. I've read the docs on it and didn't think I was even using it since I started with 6.3.0 - but I still get the notice. I've grep'd all my ES/LS files for \_type and I can't find it anywhere. I do have 2 references to @metadata like this. > filter { > fingerprint { > ... > target =\> "[@metadata][fingerprint]" > } > } that doesn't seem like that'd be the document\_type though? maybe? ---
**Author:** ![S\_Chase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/s_chase/32/33237_2.png) [@S\_Chase](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/S_Chase)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-document-type/145176/2 "2018-08-29T12:33:18Z")
it's X-Pack that's doing it. It seems like it would be a decent idea to include that possibility in the error message. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-document-type/145176/3 "2018-09-26T12:33:24Z")
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