# Question about adding geo\_point and updating mappings in general **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 22, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265 "2019-08-22T07:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sempiterna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sempiterna/32/52770_2.png) [@Sempiterna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sempiterna)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265/1 "2019-08-22T07:55:18Z")
I've been trying for a few days now to add custom mapping (geo\_point) to my elasticsearch server. This server has daily created indices "filebeat-2019.08.22". However, all documentation tells me I need to update the template, but I cannot find what the name of this template is. I have tried to create the mapping through creating a template named "filebeat", and one named "filebeat-\*" and one named "filebeat\*" but none seem to work or show the information in the next created index. One thing I tried yesterday is this: ``` curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/_template/filebeat?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { "index_patterns" : ["filebeat-*"], "order" : 1, "settings" : { "index.refresh_interval" : "5s", "number_of_replicas" : "0" }, "properties": { "geoip": { "dynamic": true, "properties": { "location": { "type": "geo_point" } } } } } ``` This did not produce anything with regard to the geo\_point, but it seems it did do something with the replicas (which I also needed to set to 0), so it worked partially. Requesting the template shows this: > {"filebeat":{"order":1,"index\_patterns":["filebeat-\*"],"settings":{"index":{"number\_of\_replicas":"0","refresh\_interval":"5s"}},"mappings":{},"aliases":{}}} So it seems it did not take the properties. Basically the question here is. How do I get a property to change in the next created index? Also if you dont know the index name (indices are created like filebeat-xxxx.xx.xx but from which template?), can you (like I did or tried to do) simply create a new template with reference to the index pattern and it will take? ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265/2 "2019-08-22T12:12:56Z")
it seems to me, that the `properties` field needs to be put within a `mapping` field, similar to what you do when creating an index. Please take a look at the response returned from the above call, I am pretty sure you get an error back and not a message that this template has been stored successfully (at least under Elasticsearch 7.x). ---
**Author:** ![Sempiterna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sempiterna/32/52770_2.png) [@Sempiterna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sempiterna)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265/3 "2019-08-22T13:24:16Z")
There was no error (Elasticsearch 6.0.0.0), and the first part seems to have been executed. Maybe I do need to encapsulate the properties in a mappings field. The process on how to do this is not clear. Basically I have a system where a new index is created every day (filebeat-xxxx.xx.xx), but when I scroll through the loaded templates, there is no (or seems to be no) template on which this is created, so there is no template I can edit. What is the procedure for this? Do I create a new template (like I did above) with only the fields I need changed (geoip location/geo\_point) and keep the rest as it was, or do I need to export all the mappings from the index, put that (including the change I need) in a new json block and import that as a new template? Also, when I export/dump the current index mappings, the geo/location fields fall below a group/\_type with a specific name ("indexname"-\>mappings-\>"\_type name"-\>properties-\>geoip-\>properties). Do I need to add that group/type in my new template as well, or does elasticsearch map the new geoip settings to everything "below" the level i change it on? ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265/4 "2019-08-22T14:44:54Z")
if several templates match, they will be merged together, so if there is the filebeat template as well, both will be used. ---
**Author:** ![Sempiterna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sempiterna/32/52770_2.png) [@Sempiterna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sempiterna)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265/5 "2019-08-22T15:35:37Z")
Ok, i've just loaded the following template, where "xxxxxxxxxxxx" is the \_type: ``` curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/_template/filebeat?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { "index_patterns" : ["filebeat-*"], "order" : 1, "settings" : { "index.refresh_interval" : "5s", "number_of_replicas" : "0" }, "mappings" : { "xxxxxxxxxxxx" : { "properties": { "geoip": { "dynamic": true, "properties": { "location": { "type": "geo_point" } } } } } } } ' ``` No errors, and a "curl 'localhost:9200/\_template/filebeat' " shows the geoip section as well now. Unfortunately I have to wait for the new index to see if it actually worked. Update 23/08: The new index uses the geo\_point type. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-adding-geo-point-and-updating-mappings-in-general/196265/6 "2019-09-19T15:36:02Z")
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