# IS there a maximum field size limit for content when using ingest plugin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-maximum-field-size-limit-for-content-when-using-ingest-plugin/113986>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 3, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-maximum-field-size-limit-for-content-when-using-ingest-plugin/113986 "2018-01-03T22:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ESCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ESCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ESCoder)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-maximum-field-size-limit-for-content-when-using-ingest-plugin/113986/1 "2018-01-03T22:36:52Z")

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Hi,  
we are using the ingest plugin to index pdf documents.

i have like a 100 page 40 mb pdf file, which i uploaded through ingest plugin, and it seems to index only the first 30 pages or so and ignored the rest...is there a field size that we need to set/increase?

note: I searched for unique word on page 70 and but it didnt return the document. But when I searched for a word from page 20 it returned it.

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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:** [January 4, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-maximum-field-size-limit-for-content-when-using-ingest-plugin/113986/2 "2018-01-04T04:21:10Z")

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Yes. Read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/using-ingest-attachment.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/using-ingest-attachment.html)

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**Author:** ![ESCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ESCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ESCoder)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-maximum-field-size-limit-for-content-when-using-ingest-plugin/113986/3 "2018-01-04T12:57:51Z")

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awesome @dadoonet . thanks for the quick reply as always!

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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:** [February 1, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-maximum-field-size-limit-for-content-when-using-ingest-plugin/113986/4 "2018-02-01T12:58:06Z")

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