# Strict dynamic mapping and dynamic template matches
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-dynamic-mapping-and-dynamic-template-matches/1311
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 26, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-dynamic-mapping-and-dynamic-template-matches/1311 "2015-05-26T13:00:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Vasco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vasco)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-dynamic-mapping-and-dynamic-template-matches/1311/1 "2015-05-26T13:00:15Z")
I have a dynamic template that matches on part of the field names. If a new field is encountered that doesn't match the template I want it to be ignored. However, if I set dynamic to false or strict it seems to disable the templates as well.
So I guess this comes down to if there is a way to have a dynamic=strict or dynamic=false policy applied to your index, but to allow mappings that match a dynamic template definition?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-dynamic-mapping-and-dynamic-template-matches/1311/2 "2015-05-27T00:27:53Z")
Nope, it's either all or nothing I'm afraid.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strict-dynamic-mapping-and-dynamic-template-matches/1311/3 "2017-07-06T00:11:47Z")