# Number of mapped fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-mapped-fields/146728>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-mapped-fields/146728 "2018-08-30T14:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shuki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Shuki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shuki)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-mapped-fields/146728/1 "2018-08-30T14:41:35Z")

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Hey Everyone 🙂  
I was wondering if there is a way to query the number of mapped fields within an existing Index. is that possible? In general, i am asking because i want to know how to handle a situation where my Index is getting close to elastic limit which is 1000.

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-mapped-fields/146728/2 "2018-09-27T14:48:12Z")

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