# New fields added in mapping do not appear in index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-fields-added-in-mapping-do-not-appear-in-index-pattern/180113>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-fields-added-in-mapping-do-not-appear-in-index-pattern/180113 "2019-05-08T07:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Praneet\_Khandelwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/praneet_khandelwal/32/40565_2.png) [@Praneet\_Khandelwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Praneet_Khandelwal)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-fields-added-in-mapping-do-not-appear-in-index-pattern/180113/1 "2019-05-08T07:11:15Z")

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I currently have daily indices (lets say logstash-\*). I want to add new fields to the index mapping. After pushing the new template, the newly added fields do not become searchable for the entire index pattern. I guess this is because the older indices did not have the new field. Is there a work around? Can alias be used to overcome this ?  
The thing that I would like is that when I create a filter for new field, I am fine with the search returning results only for the new indices.

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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:** [June 5, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-fields-added-in-mapping-do-not-appear-in-index-pattern/180113/2 "2019-06-05T07:11:16Z")

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Closed on June 5, 2019, 7:11am UTC

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