# How to configure index to ignore unmapped fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-index-to-ignore-unmapped-fields/223352>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-index-to-ignore-unmapped-fields/223352 "2020-03-12T14:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![hemamalini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@hemamalini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hemamalini)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-index-to-ignore-unmapped-fields/223352/1 "2020-03-12T14:30:58Z")

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Hi All,

I am using elastic search 5.6 for Apache Metron (They support 5.6). Is there any way to configure index to ignore unmapped fields for ES template and index

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-index-to-ignore-unmapped-fields/223352/2 "2020-03-13T16:38:51Z")

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See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/dynamic-field-mapping.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/dynamic-field-mapping.html)

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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:** [April 10, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-index-to-ignore-unmapped-fields/223352/3 "2020-04-10T16:38:53Z")

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