# How do i use field as \_id in elasticsearch 2.x?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-use-field-as--id-in-elasticsearch-2-x/44827>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 18, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-use-field-as--id-in-elasticsearch-2-x/44827 "2016-03-18T09:56:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![icesword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@icesword](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/icesword)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-use-field-as--id-in-elasticsearch-2-x/44827/1 "2016-03-18T09:56:05Z")

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hi

i want to use field which in json as \_id value, but this

> {  
> "your\_mapping" : {  
> "\_id" : {  
> "path" : "Record ID"  
> }  
> }  
> }

is deprecated , so how can i do this in elasticsearch 2.x

thanks

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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:** [March 20, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-use-field-as--id-in-elasticsearch-2-x/44827/2 "2016-03-20T03:35:14Z")

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You need to pass it in as the `_id` when you index the document.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-use-field-as--id-in-elasticsearch-2-x/44827/3 "2017-07-05T23:06:49Z")

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