# How to "ignore" dynamic fields not matching any "dynamic\_templates"?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ignore-dynamic-fields-not-matching-any-dynamic-templates/19153>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ignore-dynamic-fields-not-matching-any-dynamic-templates/19153 "2014-08-07T20:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drew\_Kutcharian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/drew_kutcharian/32/742_2.png) [@Drew\_Kutcharian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Drew_Kutcharian)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ignore-dynamic-fields-not-matching-any-dynamic-templates/19153/1 "2014-08-07T20:14:33Z")

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Hey Guys,

In my mapping, I set 'dynamic' to 'true' and I have a few 'dynamic\_templates' that based on the name of the fields map them to different types. How can I ignore and not index fields that don't match any of the templates? I tried adding an "ignoredFields" dynamic template like below to ignore the fields but it doesn't seem to be working and all undefined fields still get mapped.

{  
"ignored": {  
"match": "\*",  
"mapping": {  
"enabled": false  
}  
}  
}

Thanks,

Drew

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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 6, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ignore-dynamic-fields-not-matching-any-dynamic-templates/19153/2 "2017-07-06T01:10:07Z")

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