# Renaming any field. in elastic search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 5, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-any-field-in-elastic-search/11460 "2013-04-05T09:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mohit\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mohit\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohit_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-any-field-in-elastic-search/11460/1 "2013-04-05T09:25:40Z")
Hi folks, Can you please help in renaming any field name in elastic search. I want to rename a field. For example. {"field":{"MsgData":"abc"} this is my filed. after running the query how can i rename the MsgData field with DATA .ie DATA:abc in output. Regrads Mohit Kumar Yadav [mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com) -- 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:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-any-field-in-elastic-search/11460/2 "2013-04-05T09:27:06Z")
You have to push again the document with the new field with the same index/type/ID. {"field":{"DATA":"abc"} } -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs Le 5 avr. 2013 à 11:25, Mohit Kumar Yadav [mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi folks, > Can you please help in renaming any field name in Elasticsearch. > I want to rename a field. > For example. > {"field":{"MsgData":"abc"} this is my filed. > after running the query > how can i rename the MsgData field with DATA .ie DATA:abc in output. > > Regrads > Mohit Kumar Yadav > > -- > 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:** ![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:** [April 5, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-any-field-in-elastic-search/11460/3 "2013-04-05T09:34:53Z")
Hey, you can also rename index names in the mapping if you want (but I am afraid this will make things A LOT less transparent), see [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/core-types/) and the index\_name attribute On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:27 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > You have to push again the document with the new field with the same > index/type/ID. > {"field":{"DATA":"abc"} } > > -- > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > > Le 5 avr. 2013 à 11:25, Mohit Kumar Yadav [mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com) a > écrit : > > Hi folks, > Can you please help in renaming any field name in Elasticsearch. > I want to rename a field. > For example. > {"field":{"MsgData":"abc"} this is my filed. > after running the query > how can i rename the MsgData field with DATA .ie DATA:abc in output. > > Regrads > Mohit Kumar Yadav > [mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:mohit.kumar.ngi@gmail.com) > > -- > 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). -- 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, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-any-field-in-elastic-search/11460/4 "2017-07-06T02:42:41Z")