# Is there a description / note field available for mappings?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-description-note-field-available-for-mappings/190838>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-description-note-field-available-for-mappings/190838 "2019-07-16T22:20:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_Baumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jason_baumgartner/32/92716_2.png) [@Jason\_Baumgartner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Baumgartner)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-description-note-field-available-for-mappings/190838/1 "2019-07-16T22:20:26Z")

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I find it very helpful to sometimes have a short description or note for certain fields within a mapping file. I checked the documentation but could not find such a field. Perhaps I overlooked it, but is there a "description" or "note" attribute available for fields within a mapping file?

Basically, I'd like to be able to briefly describe what some fields are for within the mapping file.

Thank you!

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**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:** [July 17, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-description-note-field-available-for-mappings/190838/2 "2019-07-17T12:45:33Z")

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See the following issue where the discussion happened about this feature request.

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/9649>

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-description-note-field-available-for-mappings/190838/3 "2019-08-14T12:45:42Z")

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