# Java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Mapper for \[hits\] conflicts with existing mapping in other types

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapper-for-hits-conflicts-with-existing-mapping-in-other-types/40041>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 25, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapper-for-hits-conflicts-with-existing-mapping-in-other-types/40041 "2016-01-25T16:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-mapper-for-hits-conflicts-with-existing-mapping-in-other-types/40041/4 "2016-01-26T16:21:47Z")

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Have you ran a newer branch of Kibana recently? There was a [bug](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/5983) that may have caused this issue.

Can you try exporting your saved objects, deleting the .kibana index from elasticsearch, and reimporting?

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