# Settings-\>Configure an index pattern - can I specify a type?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 9, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165 "2015-11-09T15:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsps/32/5411_2.png) [@jsps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsps)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165/1 "2015-11-09T15:47:14Z")

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So in the Settings-\>Configure an index pattern, is there a way to specifcy a type?

My index has 4 document types, all with different date fields - when I go to create the index pattern i get the choice of all these date fields - I'd rather include the type in the configuration. Can I do this?

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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 9, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165/2 "2015-11-09T20:38:51Z")

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Nope, and you will have issues migrating to ES 2.0/KB 4.2 because of this layout.  
You should really split things into their own indices.

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**Author:** ![jsps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsps/32/5411_2.png) [@jsps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsps)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165/3 "2015-11-10T12:28:47Z")

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Thanks Mark.

So I have 20 sites, all with the same 4 document types, there may be 20M+ documents in each type. This could increase to 100+ sites quite quickly.  
Each document type has a different date field ( all epoch\_seconds but named differently )  
What would you suggest as the best index/type structure for this setup?

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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 10, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165/4 "2015-11-10T21:20:07Z")

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One index per type would be my way.

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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 6, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/settings-configure-an-index-pattern-can-i-specify-a-type/34165/5 "2017-07-06T14:09:26Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:09pm UTC