# Mapping Type

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442 "2018-12-19T05:30:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Raghunadhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raghunadhan/32/44239_2.png) [@Raghunadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raghunadhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442/1 "2018-12-19T05:30:08Z")

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What is an Mapping and Mapping Type ?Iam new to Elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![Raghunadhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raghunadhan/32/44239_2.png) [@Raghunadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raghunadhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442/2 "2018-12-19T05:34:15Z")

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Is Mapping equivalent to specifying data type of fields constraints in sql?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442/3 "2018-12-19T05:43:17Z")

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Mapping = [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping.html)

It's the same concept as a schema.

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**Author:** ![Raghunadhan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raghunadhan/32/44239_2.png) [@Raghunadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raghunadhan)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442/4 "2018-12-19T05:53:02Z")

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That is same as table

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442/5 "2018-12-19T06:41:19Z")

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A schema is applied to a table, just as a mapping is applied to an index/

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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:** [January 16, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-type/161442/6 "2019-01-16T06:41:23Z")

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