# How to add new type to an existing index using Elasticsearch 6.x high level java REST API
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-new-type-to-an-existing-index-using-elasticsearch-6-x-high-level-java-rest-api/151037
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-new-type-to-an-existing-index-using-elasticsearch-6-x-high-level-java-rest-api/151037 "2018-10-04T11:06:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Anjana\_Surendrababu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anjana_Surendrababu)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-new-type-to-an-existing-index-using-elasticsearch-6-x-high-level-java-rest-api/151037/1 "2018-10-04T11:06:55Z")
How can I add a new type to an existing index using Elasticsearch 6.x high level java REST API?
I am using a PutMappingRequest , it adds the first type when I am trying to add the second type it says
Rejecting mapping update to [db] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type
Any help on this?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-new-type-to-an-existing-index-using-elasticsearch-6-x-high-level-java-rest-api/151037/2 "2018-10-04T11:29:35Z")
[Elasticsearch 6.x only supports a single type per index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/removal-of-types.html), so you can not do this. A workaround may be to add the type as a normal field and then filter on this.
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### Author:  [@Anjana\_Surendrababu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anjana_Surendrababu)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-new-type-to-an-existing-index-using-elasticsearch-6-x-high-level-java-rest-api/151037/3 "2018-10-04T11:56:23Z")
I am trying to index around 5 modules in my application, which may or may not have same properties. And I am trying to implement a global search here, like if I search for a word I want to return the results from all the 5 modules. Which will be a better approach for me? Having a custom type property and keeping everything in a single index or having separate indices for each modules
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-new-type-to-an-existing-index-using-elasticsearch-6-x-high-level-java-rest-api/151037/4 "2018-11-01T11:56:25Z")
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