# Scripts in elastic search gives error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-in-elastic-search-gives-error/109526
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-in-elastic-search-gives-error/109526 "2017-11-29T07:29:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@anilagrawal6991](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anilagrawal6991)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-in-elastic-search-gives-error/109526/1 "2017-11-29T07:29:36Z")
hello,
I am using ES 2.3 on my system and create index on ES using sense
PUT my\_index/my\_type/1
{
"my\_field": 5
}
and now i using script to search data
GET my\_index/\_search
{
"script\_fields": {
"my\_field": {
"script": {
"lang": "expression",
"source": "doc['my\_field'] \* multiplier",
"params": {
"multiplier": 2
}
}
}
}
}
but it gives me error
```
{
```
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "script\_parse\_exception",
"reason": "unexpected field [source]"
}
],
"type": "search\_phase\_execution\_exception",
"reason": "all shards failed",
"phase": "query",
"grouped": true,
"failed\_shards": [
{
"shard": 0,
"index": "my\_index",
"node": "u0TrOlcjT0yyMYIEPl1nwQ",
"reason": {
"type": "script\_parse\_exception",
"reason": "unexpected field [source]"
}
}
]
},
"status": 500
}
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### Author:  [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-in-elastic-search-gives-error/109526/2 "2017-11-29T16:47:04Z")
The `source` key was added in 5.6. In 2.4, you need to use `inline`.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-in-elastic-search-gives-error/109526/3 "2017-12-27T16:47:04Z")
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