# Inserting big numbers into Elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667 "2020-05-28T06:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danielledd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@danielledd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielledd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/1 "2020-05-28T06:27:32Z")
Hi, I have tried to insert this number -1.e+99 into Elasticsearch but I can't. I take this values from a text file. There is a way to convert this number? 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:** [May 28, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/2 "2020-05-28T06:32:06Z")
Convert it into a real number, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/3 "2020-05-28T06:38:25Z")
What is the mapping for the field you are inserting into? This is beyond what a [long data type](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/number.html) can handle so there is no simple solution as far as I can see. How are you going to use and search this field? ---
**Author:** ![danielledd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@danielledd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielledd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/4 "2020-05-28T06:46:07Z")
I insert bulk a file with rows and columns. And this field is a column with values. ---
**Author:** ![danielledd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@danielledd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielledd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/5 "2020-05-28T06:46:41Z")
Converting in something that can be inserted ---
**Author:** ![danielledd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@danielledd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielledd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/6 "2020-05-28T06:58:21Z")
This is the error: [float] supports only finite values, but got [-Infinity] ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/7 "2020-05-28T06:59:24Z")
You probably need to map it as a double, not float. ---
**Author:** ![danielledd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@danielledd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielledd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/8 "2020-05-28T07:08:19Z")
It works with double. Thank you so much! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inserting-big-numbers-into-elasticsearch/234667/9 "2020-06-25T07:10:37Z")
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