# Navigation notation for multi-field in a nested document does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 11, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/navigation-notation-for-multi-field-in-a-nested-document-does-not-work/10043 "2012-12-11T17:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Telvis\_Calhoun\_Jr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/telvis_calhoun_jr/32/1792_2.png) [@Telvis\_Calhoun\_Jr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Telvis_Calhoun_Jr)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/navigation-notation-for-multi-field-in-a-nested-document-does-not-work/10043/1 "2012-12-11T17:01:29Z")
I'm trying to access a multi-field within a nested document. It works when I use typed navigation notation "nestedobj.multifield.multifield2" but not using navigation notation "nestedobj.multifield2". Shouldn't navigation notation work for a multi\_field within a nested document? I'm using 0.20.0.Beta1. A gist illustrating my problem is here: [https://gist.github.com/4260232](https://gist.github.com/4260232). Thank you. -- ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/navigation-notation-for-multi-field-in-a-nested-document-does-not-work/10043/2 "2012-12-15T20:22:18Z")
That's how it's supposed to work. You can access the default field as "depart.city" and the alternative mapping as "depart.city.city\_auto". On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:01:29 AM UTC-8, Telvis Calhoun Jr. wrote: > I'm trying to access a multi-field within a nested document. It works when > I use typed navigation notation "nestedobj.multifield.multifield2" but not > using navigation notation "nestedobj.multifield2". Shouldn't navigation > notation work for a multi\_field within a nested document? > > I'm using 0.20.0.Beta1. A gist illustrating my problem is here: > [multi-field in a nested document · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/4260232). > > Thank you. -- ---
**Author:** ![Telvis\_Calhoun\_Jr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/telvis_calhoun_jr/32/1792_2.png) [@Telvis\_Calhoun\_Jr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Telvis_Calhoun_Jr)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/navigation-notation-for-multi-field-in-a-nested-document-does-not-work/10043/3 "2012-12-17T16:44:48Z")
Ah! I misread the docs at [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/multi-field-type.html). Thank you for your time. On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Igor Motov [imotov@gmail.com](mailto:imotov@gmail.com) wrote: > That's how it's supposed to work. You can access the default field as > "depart.city" and the alternative mapping as "depart.city.city\_auto". > > On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:01:29 AM UTC-8, Telvis Calhoun Jr. wrote: > > > I'm trying to access a multi-field within a nested document. It works when > > I use typed navigation notation "nestedobj.multifield.multifield2" but not > > using navigation notation "nestedobj.multifield2". Shouldn't navigation > > notation work for a multi\_field within a nested document? > > > > I'm using 0.20.0.Beta1. A gist illustrating my problem is here: > > [multi-field in a nested document · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/4260232). > > > > Thank you. > > -- -- ---
**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, 2:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/navigation-notation-for-multi-field-in-a-nested-document-does-not-work/10043/4 "2017-07-06T02:59:36Z")