# How do i set total fields limit to be 2000 by default

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-set-total-fields-limit-to-be-2000-by-default/215019>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-set-total-fields-limit-to-be-2000-by-default/215019 "2020-01-14T17:04:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avinash\_D\_Silva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/avinash_d_silva/32/45312_2.png) [@Avinash\_D\_Silva](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Avinash_D_Silva)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-set-total-fields-limit-to-be-2000-by-default/215019/1 "2020-01-14T17:04:04Z")

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Hi. Got a Q on this.. I would like to have a template so whenever a new Twitter index gets created the ES system makes total fields limit to be 2000 by default.  
Bit like below...  
Anybody knows how to modify the below to have this setting included?

```auto
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_template/twothousandfieldslimit -d '
{
"order" : 1,
"template" : "twitter*",
"settings" : {
"index" : {
"mapping.total_fields.limit" : "2000"
 }
}’

```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-set-total-fields-limit-to-be-2000-by-default/215019/2 "2020-01-15T05:53:01Z")

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What's wrong with this API call?

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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:** [February 12, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-set-total-fields-limit-to-be-2000-by-default/215019/3 "2020-02-12T05:53:11Z")

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