# Partial update a field of nested object in list of nested object
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-update-a-field-of-nested-object-in-list-of-nested-object/63033
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 14, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-update-a-field-of-nested-object-in-list-of-nested-object/63033 "2016-10-14T08:03:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Prannoy\_Mittal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prannoy_Mittal)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-update-a-field-of-nested-object-in-list-of-nested-object/63033/1 "2016-10-14T08:03:38Z")
Suppose i have a field list of users:
One sample document in particular index
{ "\_id":100, "users" : {'name':'manu','age':20,'followers':[3,2,4]},{'name':'prannoy','age':24,'followers':[3,4,53,23,56]}}
For following use case:
Add a new entry in followers , where name is manu
For above use case:
1. Add a new entry in followers , where name is manu
Does elasticsearch support script over nested fields
if [users.name](http://users.name) == "manu" then users.followes += 20 (it should update only required entry in nested users field)
Is there any other way ?
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### Author:  [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-update-a-field-of-nested-object-in-list-of-nested-object/63033/2 "2016-10-14T14:58:06Z")
The update API is not aware of mappings, it is directly operating on the source document. Your solution sounds appropriate to me.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-update-a-field-of-nested-object-in-list-of-nested-object/63033/3 "2017-07-05T22:12:14Z")