# How to store currency datatype in elasticsearch? **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002 **Category:** Elasticsearch **Created:** [November 4, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002 "2016-11-04T11:13:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 5 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91) #### Post date: [November 4, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002/1 "2016-11-04T11:13:19Z")
Can any one tell what is the mapping to store the dollar value in elasticsearch ---
### Author: ![cbuescher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cbuescher/32/60402_2.png) [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher) #### Post date: [November 4, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002/2 "2016-11-04T11:28:57Z")
There is no currency datatype, you can store it as `float` or `integer` if you convert dollars to cents. ---
### Author: ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91) #### Post date: [November 4, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002/3 "2016-11-04T11:30:30Z")
Ok thanks ---
### 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: [November 5, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002/4 "2016-11-05T05:39:38Z")
If you are using Kibana, then you can get it to display as $(NUMBER) using field formatters 🙂 ---
### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system) #### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-currency-datatype-in-elasticsearch/65002/5 "2017-07-05T22:06:23Z")