# Mapping with Field with two possible types

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-with-field-with-two-possible-types/117914>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-with-field-with-two-possible-types/117914 "2018-02-01T00:02:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Emilio\_Srougo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Emilio\_Srougo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Emilio_Srougo)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-with-field-with-two-possible-types/117914/1 "2018-02-01T00:02:36Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to have a mapping with a field that could have two different types?  
For example, either object or string

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-with-field-with-two-possible-types/117914/2 "2018-02-01T07:26:15Z")

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No, each field must have a single mapping within an index.

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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:** [February 1, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-with-field-with-two-possible-types/117914/3 "2018-02-01T07:34:05Z")

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But you can analyze the same field as a text and a number using multi fields feature ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/multi-fields.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/multi-fields.html))

But as @Christian_Dahlqvist said in your case (object vs field) you can't do that.

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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:** [March 1, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-with-field-with-two-possible-types/117914/4 "2018-03-01T07:34:24Z")

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