# Increasing limit of total\_fields in a index?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098 "2016-12-05T19:59:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@patlola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patlola)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/1 "2016-12-05T19:59:38Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping.html#mapping-limit-settings](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping.html#mapping-limit-settings)
after setting
index.mapping.total\_fields.limit: 2000 in elasticsearch.yml and restarting elasticsearch is not starting, it's automatically shuttingdown.
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### Author:  [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/2 "2016-12-05T20:14:31Z")
> [@patlola](#):
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> it's automatically shuttingdown.
Is it logging anything?
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### Author:  [@patlola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patlola)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/3 "2016-12-05T20:14:45Z")
nope
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### Author:  [@patlola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patlola)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/4 "2016-12-05T20:25:02Z")
@nik9000 found the issue, thanks
Since elasticsearch 5.x index level settings can NOT be set on the nodes
configuration like the elasticsearch.yaml, in system properties or command line
[arguments.In](http://arguments.In) order to upgrade all indices the settings must be updated via the
/${index}/\_settings API. Unless all settings are dynamic all indices must be closed
in order to apply the upgradeIndices created in the future should use index templates
to set default values.
so updated using api
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### Author:  [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/5 "2016-12-05T20:39:37Z")
It really should log something about that setting being invalid then....
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### Author:  [@patlola](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patlola)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/6 "2016-12-05T22:06:04Z")
yes, it was logging.
i wasn't checking the correct logs
thanks for the concern 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-limit-of-total-fields-in-a-index/68098/7 "2017-01-02T22:06:06Z")
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