# Rollup jobs: Error while inserting same job id, but can't view metadata

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollup-jobs-error-while-inserting-same-job-id-but-cant-view-metadata/255321>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rollups\
**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollup-jobs-error-while-inserting-same-job-id-but-cant-view-metadata/255321 "2020-11-13T10:07:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![kelk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kelk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kelk)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollup-jobs-error-while-inserting-same-job-id-but-cant-view-metadata/255321/1 "2020-11-13T10:07:29Z")

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I was creating a job in 7.9.3 Elastic, but below is the error I'm getting. I had created before and deleted similar job. Any idea where to find the metadata and clear it off?

```auto
{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"status_exception","reason":
"Cannot create rollup job [my_rollup_job] because job was previously created 
(existing metadata)."}],"type":"status_exception","reason":
"Cannot create rollup job [my_rollup_job] because job was 
previously created (existing metadata)."},"status":409}

```

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**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollup-jobs-error-while-inserting-same-job-id-but-cant-view-metadata/255321/2 "2020-11-14T16:32:44Z")

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> [@kelk](#):
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> `because job was previously created`

Hi, the metadata is stored as the mapping of your rollup index. You must either delete the rollup index or use a different rollup index.

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**Author:** ![kelk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kelk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kelk)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollup-jobs-error-while-inserting-same-job-id-but-cant-view-metadata/255321/3 "2020-11-15T09:27:31Z")

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Yes sems like a bug. But your solution worked, thought can't do that in PROD

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollup-jobs-error-while-inserting-same-job-id-but-cant-view-metadata/255321/4 "2020-12-13T09:27:39Z")

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