# Type cannot be specified during template creation
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525 "2019-06-26T08:59:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@yeziblo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yeziblo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/1 "2019-06-26T08:59:18Z")
Hi everyone,
I want to create a template using the PutIndexTemplateRequest API.
But when the template was created, I found that the mapping.type was "\_doc".
I try to add type in the mapping json string as follows:
{
"mytype":{
"properties":{
"NAME":{
"type":"keyword"
},
"AGE":{
"type":"keyword"
},
"ADDRESS":{
"type":"text"
}
}
}
}
Then I got a error:
MapperParsingException: Failed to parse mapping [\_doc]: Root mapping definition has unsupported parameters: [imsiimei : {properties={ADDRESS={type=text}, NAME={type=keyword}, AGE={type=keyword}}}]
How can I customize the type name using JAVA Template Api?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/2 "2019-06-26T09:23:07Z")
Types are going to be removed so you should not try to change the behavior.
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### Author:  [@yeziblo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yeziblo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/3 "2019-06-26T09:29:18Z")
Hi @dadoonet
I know the type will be removed in 7.x.
However, I am using ES 6.8 now, so I hope the value of type can be more explicit.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/4 "2019-06-26T09:30:38Z")
Don't do it. Just use the default value.
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### Author:  [@yeziblo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yeziblo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/5 "2019-06-26T09:39:15Z")
So that's the only way I can write in my code:
BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest();
for (Map\ map: mapList) {
request.add(new IndexRequest(String.valueOf(map.get("INDEX")), "\_doc").source(map));
}
BulkResponse responses = client.bulk(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/6 "2019-06-26T10:04:21Z")
That's the way to go.
In 7.x you'll write:
```auto
request.add(new IndexRequest("test").id("1").source("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", XContentType.JSON));
```
Instead of:
```auto
request.add(new IndexRequest("test").type("_doc").id("1").source("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", XContentType.JSON));
```
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### Author:  [@yeziblo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yeziblo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/7 "2019-06-26T10:12:54Z")
OK, Thanks!
Best regards.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/type-cannot-be-specified-during-template-creation/187525/8 "2019-07-24T10:12:58Z")
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