# Parent Child Relation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-relation/135675>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 13, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-relation/135675 "2018-06-13T09:57:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Arya\_Saha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Arya\_Saha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arya_Saha)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-relation/135675/1 "2018-06-13T09:57:42Z")

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```
PUT dept?pretty
POST /dept/department/_bulk
{"index":{"_id":"1"}}
{"Dept_ID":1,"Dept_name":"Engineering"}
{"index":{"_id":"2"}}
{"Dept_ID":2,"Dept_name":"Medical"}

PUT dept_student?pretty
POST /dept/dept_student/_bulk
{"index":{"_id":"100","parent":"1"}}
{"Emp_name":"Arya","Dept_ID":1,"Marks":150}
{"index":{"_id":"200","parent":"1"}}
{"Emp_name":"Banashree","Dept_ID":1,"Marks":200}
{"index":{"_id":"300","parent":"2"}}
{"Emp_name":"Arnab","Dept_ID":2,"Marks":120}
{"index":{"_id":"400","parent":"2"}}
{"Emp_name":"Abhirup","Dept_ID":2,"Marks":120}

```

Getting the below error msg...  
"index": {  
"\_index": "dept",  
"\_type": "dept\_student",  
"\_id": "200",  
"status": 400,  
"error": {  
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",  
"reason": "can't specify parent if no parent field has been configured"  
}  
}  
}been configured"  
}  
}  
}

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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:** [June 13, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-relation/135675/2 "2018-06-13T10:00:56Z")

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Is this not the same issue as [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child/135666)? Please avoid opening multiple issues around the same topic.

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-relation/135675/3 "2018-07-11T10:01:10Z")

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