# Mapping elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-elasticsearch/250392>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 29, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-elasticsearch/250392 "2020-09-29T15:44:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bengagi\_Foued](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bengagi_foued/32/61961_2.png) [@Bengagi\_Foued](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bengagi_Foued)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-elasticsearch/250392/1 "2020-09-29T15:44:26Z")

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hello  
is there a way to make elasticsearch store a field (which is not declared in the mapping) by default with type keyword instead of text ?

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-elasticsearch/250392/2 "2020-09-29T15:48:42Z")

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You may need to use a [dynamic mapping template](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/dynamic-templates.html)

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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:** [October 27, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-elasticsearch/250392/3 "2020-10-27T15:48:47Z")

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