# Scripted field in mapping

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-in-mapping/64457
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-in-mapping/64457 "2016-10-31T15:00:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Sriram\_Raviteja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sriram\_Raviteja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sriram_Raviteja)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-in-mapping/64457/1 "2016-10-31T15:00:03Z")

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clusterId:"cd59e4"  
how can i add a scripted field that calculates depending on other fields in documents . and updates itself on updating the document.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-in-mapping/64457/2 "2016-11-02T09:31:44Z")

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You cannot.

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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: [July 5, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-in-mapping/64457/3 "2017-07-05T22:07:31Z")

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