# How to work with a json array **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 24, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042 "2016-11-24T00:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AussiePete2015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aussiepete2015/32/13407_2.png) [@AussiePete2015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AussiePete2015)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/1 "2016-11-24T00:12:52Z")
Hi all, Environment Windows 7 64bit Elasticsearch, kibana, Logstash (5.0.0) I have been trying to work with an example of a json array in the Elastic documentation but being new I'm not able to load it. Attach json example ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/c/c9897776001e64da5c94711a2449f09daacadfc1.PNG) Attached index ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/2/269767a813c45ddc2d29935c739fd70c85e7e1e0.PNG) Error when attempting to load via kibana { "error": { "root\_cause": [ { "type": "illegal\_argument\_exception", "reason": "unknown setting [index.lists.0.description] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings" } ], "type": "illegal\_argument\_exception", "reason": "unknown setting [index.lists.0.description] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings" }, "status": 400 } So understanding that I'm fairly green with this, can anyone please provide me steps to correctly set this example up in elastic. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/2 "2016-11-24T02:34:34Z")
Hi, Have you tried removing the index\_name clause associated with the property "tags"? I'm not sure if this property is defined in an index mapping context. kind regards, Guilherme ---
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/3 "2016-11-24T03:21:47Z")
If you remove it, you'll need to reindex your data. ---
**Author:** ![AussiePete2015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aussiepete2015/32/13407_2.png) [@AussiePete2015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AussiePete2015)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/4 "2016-11-24T04:00:48Z")
Hi Guilherme Tried and failed... doesn't like the list ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/6/647e7c86d40348dbc598fabec2cafcf631761875.PNG) I'm just not sure what I need to write to accommodate an array. I've used the example for Shakespeare just fine but the array has me beat. Cheers for the assistance. ---
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/5 "2016-11-24T08:45:19Z")
Have you followed the object reference? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/object.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/object.html) According to the exception, it's something wrong with the description.type property. Just to test it, have you tried removing the types properties of the inner object. It doesn't seem to be the cause, but just to verify it. ---
**Author:** ![AussiePete2015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aussiepete2015/32/13407_2.png) [@AussiePete2015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AussiePete2015)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/6 "2016-11-25T00:36:03Z")
Hi Guilherme That link helped enormously Here's what I did in kibana PUT /tweets { "mappings": { "tweet": { "properties": { "tweetid": { "type": "keyword" }, "message": { "type": "text" }, "tags": { "type": "text" }, "content": { "properties": { "name": { "type": "text" }, "msgbody": { "type": "text" } } } } } } } DELETE /regmanagers PUT /regmanagers { "mappings": { "regmanagers": { "properties": { "region": { "type": "keyword" }, "country": { "type": "text" }, "manager": { "properties": { "age": { "type": "integer" }, "name": { "type": "text" } } } } } } } } This has worked as expected. Man so happy I understand now. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![AussiePete2015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aussiepete2015/32/13407_2.png) [@AussiePete2015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AussiePete2015)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/7 "2016-11-25T02:17:38Z")
Hi again Thought I'd provide an update on this Created my index PUT /test { "mappings": { "tweet": { "properties": { "message": {"type": "text"}, "tags": {"type": "text"}, "content": { "properties": { "name": {"type": "text"}, "msgbody": {"type": "text"} } } } } } } Then added content JSON content {"index":{"\_index":"tweets", "\_type":"content", "\_id": "2"}} {"message":"I've now added a second tweet...", "tags":"elasticsearch wow yahoo", "[contents.name](http://contents.name)":"prog\_list", "contents.msgbody":"programming list"} d:\Apps\curl\>curl -XPUT localhost:9200/\_bulk --data-binary @tweets.json Now I will be happy to close this request as I'm slowly getting the hang of what to do. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/8 "2016-11-25T10:28:35Z")
Cool! Happy to know you did it! So, the solution was just replacing "string" to "text"? ---
**Author:** ![AussiePete2015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aussiepete2015/32/13407_2.png) [@AussiePete2015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AussiePete2015)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/9 "2016-11-28T21:36:50Z")
Hi Guilherme Actually it was a bit more than that. I used mappings in before the attribute and yes text seems to have resolved the other issues. The link you provided was crucial to this resolution so thanks, greatly appreciate the tip. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-work-with-a-json-array/67042/10 "2016-12-26T21:37:04Z")
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