# Is it possiable to add one more filed to existing index in elastic search,using java API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 26, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139 "2020-03-26T07:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![upendra5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7bcc69/32.png) [@upendra5](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/upendra5)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/1 "2020-03-26T07:53:22Z")
Hi Team, I trying to add one more field to existing in elastic search using JAVA API. ``` PutMappingRequest request = new PutMappingRequest(indexName); XContentBuilder mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder(); mapping.startObject(); try { for(TargetField field:list){ if(field.getFieldIndexable() != null && field.getFieldIndexable() ==3){ String type="text"; if(field.getFieldTypeSource().equals("int") || field.getFieldTypeSource().equals("long")){ type="text"; }else if(field.getFieldTypeSource().equals("double") || field.getFieldTypeSource().equals("float")){ type="double"; }else if(field.getFieldTypeSource().equals("geo_point")){ type="geo_point"; }else if(field.getFieldTypeSource().equals("date")){ type="date"; } if(type == null || type.length() == 0){ type="text"; } if(type.equals("date")){ mapping.startObject(field.getFieldNameTarget()).field("type", type).field("format", "strict_date_optional_time").endObject(); }else{ if(type.equals("text") || field.getFieldTypeIndex() != null && field.getFieldTypeIndex().equals("text")) { type="text"; mapping.startObject(field.getFieldNameTarget()).field("type", type).field("fielddata", true).endObject(); }else { mapping.startObject(field.getFieldNameTarget()).field("type", type).endObject(); }} } } mapping.endObject(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println(mapping); logger.info("Update index mapping "+indexName.toLowerCase()); request.source(mapping).type(); AcknowledgedResponse mapp = client.admin().indices().putMapping(request).actionGet(); ``` Getting Error:org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException: Validation Failed: 1: mapping type is missing; ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/2 "2020-03-26T08:05:57Z")
You should try to do it first using Kibana dev console. Then it will be easier to adapt your code accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![upendra5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7bcc69/32.png) [@upendra5](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/upendra5)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/3 "2020-03-26T08:40:30Z")
Can you please share any example ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/4 "2020-03-26T08:59:33Z")
See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html) ---
**Author:** ![upendra5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7bcc69/32.png) [@upendra5](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/upendra5)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/5 "2020-03-26T09:15:42Z")
i gothrough that earlier,i got a error like this org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException: Validation Failed: 1: mapping type is missing; ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/6 "2020-03-26T09:46:59Z")
Could you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible. A full reproduction script will help readers to understand, reproduce and if needed fix your problem. It will also most likely help to get a faster answer. ---
**Author:** ![upendra5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7bcc69/32.png) [@upendra5](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/upendra5)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/7 "2020-03-26T10:54:27Z")
Hi we are using Java API ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/8 "2020-03-26T15:21:00Z")
I know that. I'm asking that you create a script that can run in Kibana dev console first. Then we can help fixing the Java part of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possiable-to-add-one-more-filed-to-existing-index-in-elastic-search-using-java-api/225139/9 "2020-04-23T15:21:07Z")
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