Mapper_parsing_exception while creating Percentage

[saafianihan (Saafia NM)]

When i am trying to create a column with format as Percentage it throws an error like this:

{
"error": {
"root_cause": [
{
"type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
"reason": "No handler for type [number] declared on field [fieldez_percentage]"
}
],
"type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
"reason": "Failed to parse mapping [default]: No handler for type [number] declared on field [fieldez_percentage]",
"caused_by": {
"type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
"reason": "No handler for type [number] declared on field [fieldez_percentage]"
}
},
"status": 400
}

The code is:

PUT /average_attendance_dummy
{
"mappings": {
"default": {
"properties": {
"fieldez_percentage": {
"type": "number",
"format": "Percentage"
}
}
}
}
}

Please help me to solve the error...

[dadoonet (David Pilato)]

IPlease format your code using </> icon as explained in this guide. It will make your post more readable.

Or use markdown style like:

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There is nothing like number in the documentation Same for format. Where did you see that? See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/number.html

[saafianihan (Saafia NM)]

Actually what i want to do is i have to add one column to store percentage values always like geo_point does. So that i am doing this. Is this way correct or not?

[dadoonet (David Pilato)]

No. It’s not correct. But you know that as you get an error message.

Modify your document and just store an integer which represents the percentage like 20 instead of 20%