# Spark with elasticsearch hadoop

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-with-elasticsearch-hadoop/88126>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** es-hadoop\
**Created:** [June 2, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-with-elasticsearch-hadoop/88126 "2017-06-02T18:26:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![codeexplorer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/codeexplorer/32/18760_2.png) [@codeexplorer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/codeexplorer)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-with-elasticsearch-hadoop/88126/1 "2017-06-02T18:26:12Z")

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I am using elasticsearch as a data source for spark and have a nested structure where I am running against this issue:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop/issues/853>

This has been open since last Sept...Is there a workaround for this issue ?

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**Author:** ![james.baiera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james.baiera/32/10209_2.png) [@james.baiera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/james.baiera)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-with-elasticsearch-hadoop/88126/2 "2017-06-06T15:26:55Z")

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Unfortunately, supporting dots in field names is not a simple fix. To support them, we need to perform a substantial rework of how we parse scroll data in the connector. This is definitely a big item on our radar, and we're hoping to tackle it soon.

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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 4, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spark-with-elasticsearch-hadoop/88126/3 "2017-07-04T15:27:11Z")

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