# Raise Elasticsearch field limit via config
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/raise-elasticsearch-field-limit-via-config/365602
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/raise-elasticsearch-field-limit-via-config/365602 "2024-08-27T07:51:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@daniel90](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daniel90)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/raise-elasticsearch-field-limit-via-config/365602/1 "2024-08-27T07:51:16Z")
I tried the obvious, but that gives me the:
"node settings must not contain any index level settings"
Error
So how do i do it?
I want a permanent solution that does not involve a cronjob setting the limit to X every 6 hours to account for potential restarts.
Now that I think about it that is not THAT bad. But just putting it in the config would be way cleaner.
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### Author:  [@Musab\_Dogan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Musab_Dogan)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/raise-elasticsearch-field-limit-via-config/365602/2 "2024-08-27T08:10:26Z")
You can use index template to automate this process. Beats and other elasticsearch components using that way.
```auto
PUT _index_template/index-template-for-field-limit
{
"template": {
"settings": {
"index.mapping.total_fields.limit": "10000"
}
},
"index_patterns": [
"index-name-*"
]
}
```
References:
> **[Mapping limit settings | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-settings-limit.html)**
> **[Index templates | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.15\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-templates.html)**
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### Author:  [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/raise-elasticsearch-field-limit-via-config/365602/3 "2024-08-27T08:13:38Z")
Hello Daniel,
I recommend to use [Index Templates](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-templates.html) for this. It allows to set this setting for all indices that match the index template pattern.
You could even go so far to extract the setting to a component template and reuse it in multiple Index Templates.
I would advise to be cautious with this setting and only enabling it where absolutely necessary as this limit is there for a [reason](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-settings-limit.html):
> The limit is in place to prevent mappings and searches from becoming too large. Higher values can lead to performance degradations and memory issues, especially in clusters with a high load or few resources.
>
> If you increase this setting, we recommend you also increase the [`indices.query.bool.max_clause_count`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-settings.html) setting, which limits the maximum number of clauses in a query.
Best regards
Wolfram
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/raise-elasticsearch-field-limit-via-config/365602/4 "2024-09-24T08:14:07Z")
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