# Keyword field update with existing value

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522 "2021-01-19T10:02:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajaraman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rajaraman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajaraman)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/1 "2021-01-19T10:02:04Z")

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Hi, is it possible to update value in TEAM (keyword field) with existing value in the form ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM") when, i update , it updates as whole text.("NETWORK TEAM,DBA TEAM") please, help

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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 19, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/2 "2021-01-19T11:02:28Z")

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**Author:** ![rajaraman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rajaraman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajaraman)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/3 "2021-01-19T11:35:35Z")

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Thanks for the reply sir,  
my mappings code:

````auto
PUT first_project/_mapping
{
  "properties":{
    "ALERT_ID":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "COUNT":{
      "type":"integer"
    },
    "CINAME":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "ENVIRONMENT":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "IP":{
      "type":"ip"
    },
    "SEVERITY":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "SUMMARY":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "SOURCE":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "SOURCE_TIME":{
      "type":"date"
    },
    "CREATED_TIME":{
      "type":"date"
    },
    "LAST_MODIFIED_TIME":{
      "type":"date"
    },
    "STATUS":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "MODIFIED_BY":{
      "type":"text"
    },
    "TAGS":{
      "type":"keyword"
    },
    "TEAM": {
      "type": "keyword"
    }
  }
}```

 i need to update my TEAM field (keyword type) with existing value("NETWORK TEAM") and adding one more value ("DBA TEAM"), output like ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM"). when i using update query

````

````
POST first_project/_update/RV8l4XYBkg9Xo5ZNaP0x/
{
"script": {
  "source": "ctx._source.TEAM +=',DBA Team';",
  "lang": "painless"
  }
}```

````

it gives output like this ("NETWORK TEAM,DBA TEAM"), please tell suggestions to get separate value like ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM") adding separate value

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**Author:** ![rajaraman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rajaraman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajaraman)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/4 "2021-01-20T07:21:28Z")

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I understand ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM") this update not possible, gives syntax error, i follow this update method ("NETWORK TEAM,DBA TEAM") in keyword field, remaining extraction, i will do in my code. Thanks Elastic Team for the reply.

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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 20, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/5 "2021-01-20T10:57:18Z")

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Having separate values won't change a lot the way it's indexed as everything will be flattened at the end.

So indexing:

```auto
{
  "TEAM": "foo bar"
}

```

is quite similar to:

```auto
{
  "TEAM": ["foo", "bar"]
}

```

Note the array here.

If you want to do this, you need to create an array, instead of doing string manipulations.

```auto
DELETE first_project
PUT first_project
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "TEAM": {
        "type": "keyword"
      }
    }
  }
}
PUT first_project/_doc/1
{
  "TEAM": "foo"
}
POST first_project/_update/1/
{
  "script": {
    "source": """def result = new ArrayList();
result.add(ctx._source.TEAM);
result.add("bar");
ctx._source.TEAM =result;""",
    "lang": "painless"
  }
}
GET first_project/_doc/1

```

It gives:

```auto
{
  "_index" : "first_project",
  "_type" : "_doc",
  "_id" : "1",
  "_version" : 2,
  "_seq_no" : 1,
  "_primary_term" : 1,
  "found" : true,
  "_source" : {
    "TEAM" : [
      "foo",
      "bar"
    ]
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![rajaraman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rajaraman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajaraman)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/6 "2021-01-21T11:29:53Z")

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Very Thanks sir, I understood this concept.

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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 18, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-update-with-existing-value/261522/7 "2021-02-18T11:30:19Z")

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