# How to create custom mapping for the same field **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 26, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-mapping-for-the-same-field/22916 "2015-03-26T08:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11182](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/11182/32/810_2.png) [@11182](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/11182)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-mapping-for-the-same-field/22916/1 "2015-03-26T08:07:00Z")
When I put the following JSON to elasticsearch. It get error about nested: NumberFormatException { "id":"eee", "crosstab":{ "dims":[ { "id":1 }, { "id":"asd" } ] } } I knew dims.id have different type, what should I do to avoid create index dim.id or create custom mapping. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9cebbf03-09ac-4847-ab72-00c07c472e1b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9cebbf03-09ac-4847-ab72-00c07c472e1b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-mapping-for-the-same-field/22916/2 "2017-07-06T00:23:49Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:23am UTC