# Position offset gap in objects

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/position-offset-gap-in-objects/20808>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 18, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/position-offset-gap-in-objects/20808 "2014-11-18T10:42:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pawel\_Rog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pawel_rog/32/141223_2.png) [@Pawel\_Rog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pawel_Rog)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/position-offset-gap-in-objects/20808/1 "2014-11-18T10:42:21Z")

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Hi I have mapping like below.

{  
"field": {  
"type": "object",  
"properties": {  
"subfield": {  
"type": "string",  
\* "position\_offset\_gap": 500\*  
}  
},  
"_position\_offset\_gap": 500000_  
}  
}

I insert document like

{"field" : [{"subfield" : ["foo"], ["bar"]}, {"subfield" : ["baz"]}]}

I would expect that positions should be like below:

foo - 1  
bar - 502  
baz - 500503

But I'm afraid ES see

foo - 1  
bar - 502  
baz - 1003

Can you explain me how it should work in this case?

--  
Paweł Róg

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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 6, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/position-offset-gap-in-objects/20808/2 "2017-07-06T00:49:16Z")

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