# Set \_id field when creating index template
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [November 6, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706 "2019-11-06T02:38:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@newkate12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newkate12)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706/1 "2019-11-06T02:38:14Z")
I want to use index template when creating index in elasticsearch.
I saw that we can set \_id field with specific field when creating index.
([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.4/mapping-id-field.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.4/mapping-id-field.html))
Is it possible to set \_id field when creating index template like this way?
For example, suppose that I want to set \_id as "tag\_seq" field when creating index template..
```
PUT _template/template_1
{
"index_patterns": ["te*", "bar*"],
"settings": {
"number_of_shards": 1
},
"mappings": {
"_source": {
"enabled": false
},
"properties": {
"host_name": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"tag_seq" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"created_at": {
"type": "date",
"format": "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy"
},
"_id" : {
"path" : "tag_seq",
"type" : "integer"
}
}
}
}
```
I tried to use the script above, but it gives me an error...
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### Author:  [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706/2 "2019-11-11T20:50:17Z")
What version of the elasticsearch stack are you using and what error are you getting?
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### Author:  [@newkate12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newkate12)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706/3 "2019-11-18T08:27:53Z")
My elasticsearch version is 7.3.2 and
I've got the error below.
```
{
"error": {
"root_cause": [
{
"type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
"reason": "No type specified for field [_id]"
}
],
"type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
"reason": "Failed to parse mapping [_doc]: No type specified for field [_id]",
"caused_by": {
"type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
"reason": "No type specified for field [_id]"
}
},
"status": 400
}
```
Without the \_id setting part
```
"_id" : {
"path" : "tag_seq",
"type" : "integer"
}
```
it works fine. Any Ideas?
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### Author:  [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706/4 "2019-12-07T03:52:10Z")
Sorry I missed your response, did you resolve this?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-id-field-when-creating-index-template/206706/5 "2020-01-04T03:52:19Z")
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