# Mapping problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 27, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-problem/11342 "2013-03-27T17:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jilles\_van\_Gurp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jilles_van_gurp/32/879_2.png) [@Jilles\_van\_Gurp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jilles_van_Gurp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-problem/11342/1 "2013-03-27T17:32:12Z")
Hi, I have a json object with an optional list of link objects with an href and couple of optional fields such as type: {"tags":[{"href":"http:...."}], "anotherfield":"foo"} That works fine and I can do term queries on tags.href, which is what I want. However, some of my objects don't have tags and in that case the tags field is not there. In that case I get a {"error":"Bad request {"error":"MapperParsingException[object mapping for [post] with array for [tags] tried to parse as array, but got EOF, is there a mismatch in types for the same field?]","status":400}"} The mapping for this field is as follows "tags": { "properties": { "href": { "type": "string", "index": "not\_analyzed", "omit\_norms": true, "index\_options": "docs" }, "type": { "type": "string", "index": "not\_analyzed", "omit\_norms": true, "index\_options": "docs" } } } Is there a way to solve this with my mapping or do I have to provide an empty tags array? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-problem/11342/2 "2013-03-28T09:04:58Z")
Hey Jilles, I couldnt reproduce the problem with the information available. Can you provide a gist and the ES version you are using? Are you maybe mixing up types somewhere (one where this mapping is defined, one where it is not? Just a rough guess, without being able to look deeper now) --Alex On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Jilles van Gurp [jillesvangurp@gmail.com](mailto:jillesvangurp@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi, > > I have a json object with an optional list of link objects with an href > and couple of optional fields such as type: > > {"tags":[{"href":"http:...."}], "anotherfield":"foo"} > > That works fine and I can do term queries on tags.href, which is what I > want. > > However, some of my objects don't have tags and in that case the tags > field is not there. In that case I get a > > {"error":"Bad request {"error":"MapperParsingException[object mapping > for [post] with array for [tags] tried to parse as array, but got EOF, is > there a mismatch in types for the same field?]","status":400}"} > > The mapping for this field is as follows > > "tags": { > "properties": { > "href": { > "type": "string", > "index": "not\_analyzed", > "omit\_norms": true, > "index\_options": "docs" > }, > "type": { > "type": "string", > "index": "not\_analyzed", > "omit\_norms": true, > "index\_options": "docs" > } > } > } > > Is there a way to solve this with my mapping or do I have to provide an > empty tags array? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Jilles\_van\_Gurp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jilles_van_gurp/32/879_2.png) [@Jilles\_van\_Gurp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jilles_van_Gurp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-problem/11342/3 "2013-03-28T11:39:35Z")
Hi, I spend the morning debugging and found the problem. Some of my test code was putting an object where a string was supposed to go. So, pilot error :-). But thanks for replying. Jilles On Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:04:58 AM UTC+1, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > Hey Jilles, > > I couldnt reproduce the problem with the information available. Can you > provide a gist and the ES version you are using? Are you maybe mixing up > types somewhere (one where this mapping is defined, one where it is not? > Just a rough guess, without being able to look deeper now) > > --Alex > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Jilles van Gurp \<[jilles...@gmail.com](mailto:jilles...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a json object with an optional list of link objects with an href > > and couple of optional fields such as type: > > > > {"tags":[{"href":"http:...."}], "anotherfield":"foo"} > > > > That works fine and I can do term queries on tags.href, which is what I > > want. > > > > However, some of my objects don't have tags and in that case the tags > > field is not there. In that case I get a > > > > {"error":"Bad request {"error":"MapperParsingException[object mapping > > for [post] with array for [tags] tried to parse as array, but got EOF, is > > there a mismatch in types for the same field?]","status":400}"} > > > > The mapping for this field is as follows > > > > "tags": { > > "properties": { > > "href": { > > "type": "string", > > "index": "not\_analyzed", > > "omit\_norms": true, > > "index\_options": "docs" > > }, > > "type": { > > "type": "string", > > "index": "not\_analyzed", > > "omit\_norms": true, > > "index\_options": "docs" > > } > > } > > } > > > > Is there a way to solve this with my mapping or do I have to provide an > > empty tags array? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-problem/11342/4 "2017-07-06T02:43:55Z")