# How do i ignore mapping conflict?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 10, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523 "2018-04-10T16:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![meetdave2611997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@meetdave2611997](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meetdave2611997)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523/1 "2018-04-10T16:58:20Z")

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I have some fields on which i do not perform any searching or aggregations and i dont care about that fields either?

how do i ignore mapping conflicts while forwarding data?

Also there is one field which is object

Thanks,  
Meet Dave

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**Author:** ![Evesy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/evesy/32/29520_2.png) [@Evesy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Evesy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523/2 "2018-04-10T17:12:57Z")

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Hey,

Perhaps `ignore_malformed` is the setting you're after? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ignore-malformed.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ignore-malformed.html)

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**Author:** ![meetdave2611997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@meetdave2611997](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meetdave2611997)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523/3 "2018-04-10T20:19:38Z")

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Yeah but that setting doesn't support object vs string.

Is there any way to ignore conflict that type?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523/4 "2018-04-10T20:26:28Z")

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Nope, there's not.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523/5 "2018-04-10T20:46:23Z")

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You may want to look at this thread:

> [@Force an object type into a text field?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-an-object-type-into-a-text-field/118609/3):
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> I have tried "index": false on that field, but still get an error. It also seems that "ignore\_malformed" is not an option for "text" fields, which is weird cause a text field can fail too: Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:541

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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:** [May 8, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-ignore-mapping-conflict/127523/6 "2018-05-08T20:46:33Z")

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