# Invalid mapping error in metricbeat 7.16.2
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264 "2022-06-27T14:07:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ritesh811](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritesh811)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/1 "2022-06-27T14:07:03Z")
I am facing the below error in my metricbeat index in kibana
illegal\_state\_exception: invalid mapping definition, expected a single map underneath [\_doc] but it was: [{\_meta={beat=metricbeat, version=7.16.2}, dynamic\_templates
I have an ILM policy whose hot phase is set at 1-day rollover, this is working fine for the first 2 days, and after 3rd day this mapping error in showing up in this metricbeat index in kibana
The version of metricbeat : 7.16.2 version
Can somebody pls help
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/2 "2022-06-28T01:02:43Z")
Please share the entire error that you are seeing.
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### Author:  [@ritesh811](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritesh811)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/3 "2022-06-29T05:05:10Z")
Hi Mark,
The entire error message is very big, and when I am pasting it on this forum in the reply, it is not allowed and pops up this message: "The body is limited to 35000 characters; you entered 223842."
Can you please share with me your email ID so I can send you the entire error message over it?
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### Author:  [@ritesh811](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritesh811)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/4 "2022-06-29T06:39:18Z")
Can you please message me your email ID so I can send you the entire error message over it?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/5 "2022-06-29T21:09:45Z")
You can use gist/pastebin/etc and link us to it.
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### Author:  [@ritesh811](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritesh811)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/6 "2022-07-01T04:26:00Z")
Hi Mark,
Please find the below link where I have kept the entire error message for your review. Please let me know where I am going wrong.
> **[invalid mapping definition - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/D8R6hC4Q)**
>
> Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-mapping-error-in-metricbeat-7-16-2/308264/7 "2022-07-29T06:26:09Z")
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