# Index templates not working
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-templates-not-working/4390
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 12, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-templates-not-working/4390 "2011-05-12T13:36:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Univ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Univ)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-templates-not-working/4390/1 "2011-05-12T13:36:32Z")
Hello,
I have a few problems getting started with index templates, which
don't seem to be working for me. I can't find where I made a mistake,
and a little help would be very welcome :
# Index template
{
'template': 'cy-data-w\*',
'mappings': {
'gitem': {
'propreties': {
'name': {
'index': 'analyzed',
'term\_vector': 'with\_position\_offset',
'type': 'string'
},
'desc': {
'index': 'analyzed',
'term\_vector': 'with\_position\_offset',
'type': 'string'
},
'location': {
'type': 'geo\_point'
},
'language': {
'type': 'string',
'index': 'not\_analyzed'
},
'visibility': {
'type': 'string',
'index': 'not\_analyzed'
},
'policy': {
'type': 'string',
'index': 'not\_analyzed'
},
'owner': {
'type': 'string',
'index': 'not\_analyzed'
},
'created': {
'type': 'date',
'format': 'date\_optional\_time'
},
'status': {
'type': 'string',
'index': 'not\_analyzed'
},
'type': {
'type': 'string',
'index': 'not\_analyzed'
},
'item\_count': {
'type': 'integer'
}
}
}
}
}
# Sample indexed object in index cy-data-w2157
{
'status': 'n',
'visibility': 'v',
'language': 'fr',
'item\_count': 0,
'owner': '4d122c9e777c577643000000',
'desc': null,
'name': 'AJS Ouistreham Handball',
'created': '2011-05-11T16:36:20.237000',
'location': [40.847059999999999, -111.884766],
'policy': 'o',
'type': 'g'
}
# Command to add the template
> curl -XPUT localhost:9200/\_template/cy-data -d [mapping]
> {"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}
# After indexing an object, I get the mapping
> curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/cy-data-w2157/gitem/\_mapping?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/cy-data-w2157/gitem/_mapping?pretty=true)'
> {
> "gitem" : {
> "properties" : {
> "type" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "item\_count" : {
> "type" : "long"
> },
> "location" : {
> "type" : "double"
> },
> "status" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "visibility" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "created" : {
> "format" : "dateOptionalTime",
> "type" : "date"
> },
> "name" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "owner" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "policy" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "language" : {
> "type" : "string"
> }
> }
> }
> }
Thanks for your help!
--
Pierre
---
### Author:  [@Univ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Univ)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-templates-not-working/4390/2 "2011-05-12T20:42:11Z")
Update: I posted the full commands used here : [http://paste.ofcode.org/37kruLNZ6jxTZUF464iMB2J](http://paste.ofcode.org/37kruLNZ6jxTZUF464iMB2J)
Still not working, can't understand why.
On May 12, 3:36 pm, Univ [pierre.ma...@gmail.com](mailto:pierre.ma...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a few problems getting started with index templates, which
> don't seem to be working for me. I can't find where I made a mistake,
> and a little help would be very welcome :
>
> # Index template
>
> {
> 'template': 'cy-data-w\*',
> 'mappings': {
> 'gitem': {
> 'propreties': {
> 'name': {
> 'index': 'analyzed',
> 'term\_vector': 'with\_position\_offset',
> 'type': 'string'
> },
> 'desc': {
> 'index': 'analyzed',
> 'term\_vector': 'with\_position\_offset',
> 'type': 'string'
> },
> 'location': {
> 'type': 'geo\_point'
> },
> 'language': {
> 'type': 'string',
> 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> },
> 'visibility': {
> 'type': 'string',
> 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> },
> 'policy': {
> 'type': 'string',
> 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> },
> 'owner': {
> 'type': 'string',
> 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> },
> 'created': {
> 'type': 'date',
> 'format': 'date\_optional\_time'
> },
> 'status': {
> 'type': 'string',
> 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> },
> 'type': {
> 'type': 'string',
> 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> },
> 'item\_count': {
> 'type': 'integer'
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> }
>
> # Sample indexed object in index cy-data-w2157
>
> {
> 'status': 'n',
> 'visibility': 'v',
> 'language': 'fr',
> 'item\_count': 0,
> 'owner': '4d122c9e777c577643000000',
> 'desc': null,
> 'name': 'AJS Ouistreham Handball',
> 'created': '2011-05-11T16:36:20.237000',
> 'location': [40.847059999999999, -111.884766],
> 'policy': 'o',
> 'type': 'g'
>
> }
>
> # Command to add the template\> curl -XPUT localhost:9200/\_template/cy-data -d [mapping]
>
> {"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}
>
> # After indexing an object, I get the mapping\> curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/cy-data-w2157/gitem/\_mapping?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/cy-data-w2157/gitem/_mapping?pretty=true)'
>
> {
> "gitem" : {
> "properties" : {
> "type" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "item\_count" : {
> "type" : "long"
> },
> "location" : {
> "type" : "double"
> },
> "status" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "visibility" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "created" : {
> "format" : "dateOptionalTime",
> "type" : "date"
> },
> "name" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "owner" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "policy" : {
> "type" : "string"
> },
> "language" : {
> "type" : "string"
> }
> }
> }
>
> }
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> --
> Pierre
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-templates-not-working/4390/3 "2011-05-13T11:02:22Z")
After a discussion on the mailing list, the two problems were typo in the properties name, and term\_vector value.
On Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:42 PM, [pierre.matri@gmail.com](mailto:pierre.matri@gmail.com) wrote:
> Update: I posted the full commands used here : [http://paste.ofcode.org/37kruLNZ6jxTZUF464iMB2J](http://paste.ofcode.org/37kruLNZ6jxTZUF464iMB2J)
> Still not working, can't understand why.
>
> On May 12, 3:36 pm, Univ [pierre.ma...@gmail.com](mailto:pierre.ma...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a few problems getting started with index templates, which
> > don't seem to be working for me. I can't find where I made a mistake,
> > and a little help would be very welcome :
> >
> > # Index template
> >
> > {
> > 'template': 'cy-data-w\*',
> > 'mappings': {
> > 'gitem': {
> > 'propreties': {
> > 'name': {
> > 'index': 'analyzed',
> > 'term\_vector': 'with\_position\_offset',
> > 'type': 'string'
> > },
> > 'desc': {
> > 'index': 'analyzed',
> > 'term\_vector': 'with\_position\_offset',
> > 'type': 'string'
> > },
> > 'location': {
> > 'type': 'geo\_point'
> > },
> > 'language': {
> > 'type': 'string',
> > 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> > },
> > 'visibility': {
> > 'type': 'string',
> > 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> > },
> > 'policy': {
> > 'type': 'string',
> > 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> > },
> > 'owner': {
> > 'type': 'string',
> > 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> > },
> > 'created': {
> > 'type': 'date',
> > 'format': 'date\_optional\_time'
> > },
> > 'status': {
> > 'type': 'string',
> > 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> > },
> > 'type': {
> > 'type': 'string',
> > 'index': 'not\_analyzed'
> > },
> > 'item\_count': {
> > 'type': 'integer'
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > # Sample indexed object in index cy-data-w2157
> >
> > {
> > 'status': 'n',
> > 'visibility': 'v',
> > 'language': 'fr',
> > 'item\_count': 0,
> > 'owner': '4d122c9e777c577643000000',
> > 'desc': null,
> > 'name': 'AJS Ouistreham Handball',
> > 'created': '2011-05-11T16:36:20.237000',
> > 'location': [40.847059999999999, -111.884766],
> > 'policy': 'o',
> > 'type': 'g'
> >
> > }
> >
> > # Command to add the template\> curl -XPUT localhost:9200/\_template/cy-data -d [mapping]
> >
> > {"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}
> >
> > # After indexing an object, I get the mapping\> curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/cy-data-w2157/gitem/\_mapping?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/cy-data-w2157/gitem/_mapping?pretty=true)'
> >
> > {
> > "gitem" : {
> > "properties" : {
> > "type" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > },
> > "item\_count" : {
> > "type" : "long"
> > },
> > "location" : {
> > "type" : "double"
> > },
> > "status" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > },
> > "visibility" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > },
> > "created" : {
> > "format" : "dateOptionalTime",
> > "type" : "date"
> > },
> > "name" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > },
> > "owner" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > },
> > "policy" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > },
> > "language" : {
> > "type" : "string"
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > --
> > Pierre
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-templates-not-working/4390/4 "2017-07-06T04:06:19Z")