# Problem defining a template **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 26, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-defining-a-template/13767 "2013-09-26T17:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![imarsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@imarsman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imarsman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-defining-a-template/13767/1 "2013-09-26T17:56:34Z")
I am having a problem defining a template to match up against data I would like to index. I have removed extraneous fields from the template and summarized the template and given a sample curl invocation and the error message I am getting in the following gist: > > > There are more than three files. show original and the following error when trying to index a test document: {"error":"MapperParsingException[mapping [date]]; nested: MapperParsingException[Trying to parse an object but has a different type [date] for [date]]; ","status":400} I would very much appreciate very much any pointers as to what I have done wrong that could be triggering this error. This has been driving me crazy for several hours now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-defining-a-template/13767/2 "2013-10-01T07:49:52Z")
Hey, I tried to reproduce your problem, but didnt get an error on indexing (is it possible that the file you specified using curl -T is still an old version, I tried your curl call without using -T and it worked with the data you supplied). --Alex On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Ian Marsman [ian.marsman@gmail.com](mailto:ian.marsman@gmail.com) wrote: > I am having a problem defining a template to match up against data I would > like to index. I have removed extraneous fields from the template and > summarized the template and given a sample curl invocation and the error > message I am getting in the following gist: > > [Problematic template mapping · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/anonymous/c6a7c2063a4f696c79aa) > > and the following error when trying to index a test document: > > {"error":"MapperParsingException[mapping [date]]; nested: > MapperParsingException[Trying to parse an object but has a different type > [date] for [date]]; ","status":400} > > I would very much appreciate very much any pointers as to what I have done > wrong that could be triggering this error. This has been driving me crazy > for several hours now. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![imarsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@imarsman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imarsman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-defining-a-template/13767/3 "2013-10-16T23:42:40Z")
Hello. I am not sure what the problem is, whether it is valid or not, but I have ended up writing a script that handles document template creation based on index path and that is working fine. Thanks for looking into it! On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:49:52 AM UTC-7, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > Hey, > > I tried to reproduce your problem, but didnt get an error on indexing (is > it possible that the file you specified using curl -T is still an old > version, I tried your curl call without using -T and it worked with the > data you supplied). > > --Alex > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Ian Marsman \<[ian.m...@gmail.com](mailto:ian.m...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > I am having a problem defining a template to match up against data I > > would like to index. I have removed extraneous fields from the template and > > summarized the template and given a sample curl invocation and the error > > message I am getting in the following gist: > > > > [Problematic template mapping · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/anonymous/c6a7c2063a4f696c79aa) > > > > and the following error when trying to index a test document: > > > > {"error":"MapperParsingException[mapping [date]]; nested: > > MapperParsingException[Trying to parse an object but has a different type > > [date] for [date]]; ","status":400} > > > > I would very much appreciate very much any pointers as to what I have > > done wrong that could be triggering this error. This has been driving me > > crazy for several hours now. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-defining-a-template/13767/4 "2017-07-06T02:12:02Z")