# Ignore\_above setting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignore-above-setting/176471>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignore-above-setting/176471 "2019-04-11T18:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignore-above-setting/176471/1 "2019-04-11T18:30:58Z")

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I am using ignore\_above setting but it dropping the field itself if the size exceeds. Is there any way to truncate a field instead of dropping through settings without using Ingest node ?

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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:** [May 9, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignore-above-setting/176471/2 "2019-05-09T18:31:00Z")

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