# Problem regarding APM mapping
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-regarding-apm-mapping/226646
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-regarding-apm-mapping/226646 "2020-04-06T08:26:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Guillaume\_Mallet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guillaume_Mallet)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-regarding-apm-mapping/226646/1 "2020-04-06T08:26:59Z")
Dear all,
I am trying to edit the default mapping for APM in order to index labels as text (default is `keyword`)
My issue is that the dynamic templates doesn't seems to be kept over rollout of the new indices.
I am using ES 7.6.0 and APM server 7.6.0
When I do a \_cat/template I have (redacted to templates being applied to apm-\*-transaction only):
```auto
apm-server-7.6.0 [apm-7.6.0*] 1
apm-7.6.0 [apm-7.6.0*] 1
apm-7.6.0-transaction [apm-7.6.0-transaction*] 2
```
Doing a GET on apm-server-7.6.0/\_mapping gives :
```auto
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"container.labels" : {
"path_match" : "container.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"dns.answers" : {
"path_match" : "dns.answers.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"log.syslog" : {
"path_match" : "log.syslog.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"fields" : {
"path_match" : "fields.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"docker.container.labels" : {
"path_match" : "docker.container.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"kubernetes.labels.*" : {
"path_match" : "kubernetes.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"kubernetes.annotations.*" : {
"path_match" : "kubernetes.annotations.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "boolean"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "boolean"
}
},
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"scaling_factor" : 1000000,
"type" : "scaled_float"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"transaction.marks" : {
"path_match" : "transaction.marks.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"transaction.marks.*.*" : {
"path_match" : "transaction.marks.*.*",
"mapping" : {
"scaling_factor" : 1000000,
"type" : "scaled_float"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"strings_as_keyword" : {
"mapping" : {
"ignore_above" : 1024,
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
}
]
```
and for GET \_template/apm-7.6.0
```auto
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"container.labels" : {
"path_match" : "container.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"dns.answers" : {
"path_match" : "dns.answers.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"log.syslog" : {
"path_match" : "log.syslog.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"fields" : {
"path_match" : "fields.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"docker.container.labels" : {
"path_match" : "docker.container.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"kubernetes.labels.*" : {
"path_match" : "kubernetes.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"kubernetes.annotations.*" : {
"path_match" : "kubernetes.annotations.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "boolean"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "boolean"
}
},
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"scaling_factor" : 1000000,
"type" : "scaled_float"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"transaction.marks" : {
"path_match" : "transaction.marks.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
},
{
"transaction.marks.*.*" : {
"path_match" : "transaction.marks.*.*",
"mapping" : {
"scaling_factor" : 1000000,
"type" : "scaled_float"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "*"
}
},
{
"strings_as_keyword" : {
"mapping" : {
"ignore_above" : 1024,
"type" : "keyword"
},
"match_mapping_type" : "string"
}
}
],
```
My issue is that when the indices is created through rollover (either ILM or manual rollover with empty conditions) the dynamic templates becomes :
```auto
{
"labels" : {
"path_match" : "labels.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "double",
"mapping" : {
"scaling_factor" : 1000000,
"type" : "scaled_float"
}
}
},
{
"container.labels" : {
"path_match" : "container.labels.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"dns.answers" : {
"path_match" : "dns.answers.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"log.syslog" : {
"path_match" : "log.syslog.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"fields" : {
"path_match" : "fields.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"docker.container.labels" : {
"path_match" : "docker.container.labels.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"kubernetes.labels.*" : {
"path_match" : "kubernetes.labels.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"kubernetes.annotations.*" : {
"path_match" : "kubernetes.annotations.*",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"transaction.marks" : {
"path_match" : "transaction.marks.*",
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
},
{
"transaction.marks.*.*" : {
"path_match" : "transaction.marks.*.*",
"mapping" : {
"scaling_factor" : 1000000,
"type" : "scaled_float"
}
}
},
{
"strings_as_keyword" : {
"match_mapping_type" : "string",
"mapping" : {
"ignore_above" : 1024,
"type" : "keyword"
}
}
}
],
```
And this latest mapping consider all labels as being floats.
Do you have any idea of what I am missing to understand how this dynamic mapping is populated ?
Thanks !
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-regarding-apm-mapping/226646/2 "2020-05-04T08:27:14Z")
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