# Unable to get script\_fields to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 26, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416 "2015-02-26T18:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gerald\_DeConto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gerald\_DeConto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gerald_DeConto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/1 "2015-02-26T18:32:20Z")
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction on this: I am having trouble getting the simple script\_fields example at [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-scripting.html) to work here is the info: 1. installed ES 1.4.3 on an ubuntu box in a three node cluster; cluster is healthy/green 2. created a test index and type and added about a million docs to it; my searches/etc work fine 3. created file /etc/elasticsearch/scripts/test.groovy and added this very simple script line (and nothing else) to it: 1 + my\_var 4. believe I have made the test.groovy file accessible to elasticsearch (made the file owner "elasticsearch" and set access to 666 (rw-rw-rw-) 5. added this line to my /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml file to enable dynamic scripting (tho thought this wasn't needed for disk based scripts): script.disable\_dynamic: false 6. tried running this query in marvel sense but just get an error (shown at bottom of this post): GET test/\_search { "script\_fields" : { "my\_field" : { "params" : { "my\_var": 10 }, "script\_file":"test" } } } 7. this dynamic inline query runs fine with no error: GET moveapi/\_search { "script\_fields": { "my\_field": { "script": "1 + my\_var", "params": { "my\_var": 2 } } } } I have tried many variations of the disk based script without success. Can anyone provide some advice re how to get this to work? I must be missing some setting or something. Any help REALLY appreciated. thanks in advance * * * the error message I get (with "\n" replace with cr/lf to make it readable): { "error": "SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase [query], all shards failed; shardFailures {[ZkHUmZijTsuQbc8Q7dvpmg][moveapi][0]: RemoteTransportException[[homer][inet[/172.31.48.158:9300]][indices:data/read/search[phase/query]]]; nested: SearchParseException[[moveapi][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{ "script\_fields" : { "my\_field" : { "params" : { "my\_var": 10 }, "script\_file":"test" } } } ]]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[HW4kOpXXShCA3uCNasmrKA][moveapi][1]: SearchParseException[[moveapi][1]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{ "script\_fields" : { "my\_field" : { "params" : { "my\_var": 10 }, "script\_file":"test" } } } ]]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[HW4kOpXXShCA3uCNasmrKA][moveapi][2]: SearchParseException[[moveapi][2]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{ "script\_fields" : { "my\_field" : { "params" : { "my\_var": 10 }, "script\_file":"test" } } } ]]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[8GqmuI3wRtKCJQ6mDK\_6YA][moveapi][3]: RemoteTransportException[[marge][inet[/172.31.48.157:9300]][indices:data/read/search[phase/query]]]; nested: SearchParseException[[moveapi][3]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{ "script\_fields" : { "my\_field" : { "params" : { "my\_var": 10 }, "script\_file":"test" } } } ]]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[ZkHUmZijTsuQbc8Q7dvpmg][moveapi][4]: RemoteTransportException[[homer][inet[/172.31.48.158:9300]][indices:data/read/search[phase/query]]]; nested: SearchParseException[[moveapi][4]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{ "script\_fields" : { "my\_field" : { "params" : { "my\_var": 10 }, "script\_file":"test" } } } ]]]; nested: NullPointerException; }]", "status": 400 } -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/35b61bc6-1f7a-4f2c-bd2d-38a8a34d9cf3%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/35b61bc6-1f7a-4f2c-bd2d-38a8a34d9cf3%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_DeConto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gerald\_DeConto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gerald_DeConto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/2 "2015-02-26T18:38:26Z")
fyi: my config files (elasticsearch.yml and logging.yml) are in /etc/elasticsearch. the script\_fields documentation indicated that I put the test.groovy in "config/scripts" folder, so I assumed my location is correct as I am unable to find a "config" folder in any elasticsearch folder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/af424481-4902-4d63-972d-7565c9c133fc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/af424481-4902-4d63-972d-7565c9c133fc%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Julia\_Neidert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Julia\_Neidert](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Julia_Neidert)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/3 "2015-03-31T20:26:50Z")
I'm having the same problem. Were you able to resolve this? Thanks! On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:38:26 AM UTC-8, Gerald DeConto wrote: > fyi: > > my config files (elasticsearch.yml and logging.yml) are > in /etc/elasticsearch. the script\_fields documentation indicated that I > put the test.groovy in "config/scripts" folder, so I assumed my location is > correct as I am unable to find a "config" folder in any elasticsearch folder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1b71e8f1-7cb7-41d2-8587-b6a5f88e5ebb%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1b71e8f1-7cb7-41d2-8587-b6a5f88e5ebb%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_DeConto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gerald\_DeConto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gerald_DeConto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/4 "2015-04-01T14:03:14Z")
Unfortunately no. Had to move on and skip scripts On 1:27pm, Mar 31, 2015, at 1:27pm, Julia Neidert [neid0021@gmail.com](mailto:neid0021@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm having the same problem. Were you able to resolve this? Thanks! > > On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:38:26 AM UTC-8, Gerald DeConto > wrote: > > > fyi: > > > > my config files (elasticsearch.yml and logging.yml) are > > in /etc/elasticsearch. the script\_fields documentation indicated > > that I > > put the test.groovy in "config/scripts" folder, so I assumed my > > location is > > correct as I am unable to find a "config" folder in any elasticsearch > > folder > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/4GOnbUeWw6c/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/4GOnbUeWw6c/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1b71e8f1-7cb7-41d2-8587-b6a5f88e5ebb%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1b71e8f1-7cb7-41d2-8587-b6a5f88e5ebb%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/649a33fd-1f7d-40ba-98d0-2236514f9a47%40email.typeapp.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/649a33fd-1f7d-40ba-98d0-2236514f9a47%40email.typeapp.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Wouter\_van\_Atteveldt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc29f/32.png) [@Wouter\_van\_Atteveldt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wouter_van_Atteveldt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/5 "2015-04-05T11:52:12Z")
I had the same problem, but I think that the docs are plain wrong, and it should be script instead of script\_file. In any case, if I do that it works fine. I've posted an issue under > Test program and session: > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8d826037-1247-4c9d-b566-aaa59cf090fe%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8d826037-1247-4c9d-b566-aaa59cf090fe%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_DeConto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gerald\_DeConto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gerald_DeConto)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/6 "2015-04-05T15:05:44Z")
Will try that when I get a chance.thx On 4:52am, Apr 5, 2015, at 4:52am, Wouter van Atteveldt [vanatteveldt@gmail.com](mailto:vanatteveldt@gmail.com) wrote: > I had the same problem, but I think that the docs are plain wrong, and > it > should be script instead of script\_file. In any case, if I do that it > works > fine. > > I've posted an issue under > [parameter script\_file does not seem to work (but "script": "script\_file\_name" does) · Issue #10438 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/10438) > > Test program and session: > [test\_script\_file.sh · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/vanatteveldt/59ff5730b025270e8035) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/4GOnbUeWw6c/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/4GOnbUeWw6c/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8d826037-1247-4c9d-b566-aaa59cf090fe%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8d826037-1247-4c9d-b566-aaa59cf090fe%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0cd6d3ca-0b54-4665-85c0-0cfcddf3e919%40email.typeapp.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0cd6d3ca-0b54-4665-85c0-0cfcddf3e919%40email.typeapp.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-script-fields-to-work/22416/7 "2017-07-06T00:21:40Z")