# How to overwrite the default template **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 23, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694 "2018-08-23T10:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jing\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jing_wang/32/34618_2.png) [@Jing\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jing_Wang)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/1 "2018-08-23T10:05:25Z")
hello everyone I have a default template setting using pattern \* and set some dynamic mapping ``` PUT /_template/template_default { "index_patterns" : ["*"], "order" : 0, "settings": { "index": { "number_of_shards": "3" } }, "mappings" : { "doc": { "dynamic_templates": [ { "strings_as_keywords": { "match_mapping_type": "string", "mapping": { "type": "keyword", "norms": false } } } ] } } } ``` now i meet some special requirement that the \_type should be `values`. So I create a new template ``` PUT /_template/zabbix_dbl { "index_patterns" : ["zabbix_dbl-*"], "order" : 0, "settings": { "index": { "number_of_shards": "3" } }, "mappings" : { "values" : { "properties" : { "itemid" : { "type" : "long" }, "clock" : { "format" : "epoch_second", "type" : "date" }, "value" : { "type" : "double" } } } }, "aliases": { "zabbix_dbl_get": {} } } ``` when i create new index by `PUT zabbix_dbl-000001` there will be an error ``` { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "illegal_argument_exception", "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to [zabbix_dbl-000001] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [values, doc]" } ], "type": "illegal_argument_exception", "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to [zabbix_dbl-000001] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [values, doc]" }, "status": 400 } ``` it seems both above templates are applied to the index how could i define a template properly having a different mapping \_type name, please? ---
**Author:** ![Ethan-Zhang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ethan-zhang/32/54812_2.png) [@Ethan-Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ethan-Zhang)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/2 "2018-08-23T12:03:53Z")
same question as [Unable to create index with more that 1 type in 6.x](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-with-more-that-1-type-in-6-x/106089) from 6.x, you can't create more than 1 type in one index ---
**Author:** ![Jing\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jing_wang/32/34618_2.png) [@Jing\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jing_Wang)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/3 "2018-08-24T01:20:28Z")
Thanks. I already know this. But what I want is not an index with 2 type. I define a default template using `index_patterns *` with a `dynamic_templates` so that every new string type will be mapped as `keyword`. In my common use case, I usually ignore the `_type` parameter and I don't care about the \_type of an index. So in this default template, the `_type` name may not necessarily be `doc`. But in this specific case, since the zabbix process use the index with a `_type` name `values`. I want to know is there some mechanism in elasticsearch so that I can define a template to ignore the `mapping` part of the default `index_patterns *` template or ignore the whole defaule template. ---
**Author:** ![Ethan-Zhang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ethan-zhang/32/54812_2.png) [@Ethan-Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ethan-Zhang)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/4 "2018-08-24T03:19:27Z")
you may use `_doc` as type name in template. `_doc` was the only type of the index now in es 6.x. ---
**Author:** ![Jing\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jing_wang/32/34618_2.png) [@Jing\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jing_Wang)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/5 "2018-08-27T01:45:31Z")
If I use the `_doc` as the type name, I still can't POST an index with `types` as its type. ``` { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "illegal_argument_exception", "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to [test] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [types, _doc]" } ], "type": "illegal_argument_exception", "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to [test] as the final mapping would have more than 1 type: [types, _doc]" }, "status": 400 } ``` ---
**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:** [August 27, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/6 "2018-08-27T02:50:10Z")
Both need to be `_doc`, you cannot have different values. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-overwrite-the-default-template/145694/7 "2018-09-24T02:50:16Z")
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