# Update\_all\_type not working
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 23, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425 "2016-09-23T22:16:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@thinkabout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkabout)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/1 "2016-09-23T22:16:19Z")
Hi,
I am using ElasticSearch and Kibana 5.0.0-alpha5.
I have a "logevent" type which contains a "level" field. I want to update the field's "fielddata" to true. I tried the following statement
PUT \*/\_mapping/logevent
{
"logevent": {
"properties": {
"level": {
"type": "string",
"fielddata": true
}
}
}
}
However I got the following error
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "Mapper for [level] conflicts with existing mapping in other types:\n[mapper [level] has different [norms] values, cannot change from disable to enabled]"
}
],
"type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
"reason": "Mapper for [level] conflicts with existing mapping in other types:\n[mapper [level] has different [norms] values, cannot change from disable to enabled]"
},
"status": 400
}
So I tried using update\_all\_type (see below) as discussed here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html) but I got the exact same error. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?
PUT \*/\_mapping/logevent?update\_all\_type
{
"properties": {
"level": {
"type": "string",
"fielddata": true
}
}
}
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### Author:  [@thinkabout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkabout)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/2 "2016-09-24T10:16:46Z")
If anyone has any thoughts it would be greatly appreciated
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/3 "2016-09-25T06:16:20Z")
You will need to reindex to change this one.
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### Author:  [@thinkabout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkabout)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/4 "2016-09-25T22:32:05Z")
Hi Mark thanks for the reply.
I'm new to ES so would you mind providing a bit more context?
Why does update\_all\_type not work?
If I reindex am I still required to run update\_all\_type?
I would assume this would be a problem for anyone new to ES and Kibana and running Elastic Stack 5.0.0-beta1 so I'm surprised there isn't better help in the getting started documentation for this issue.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/5 "2016-09-27T10:42:47Z")
What does the existing mapping look like? Did you disable norms or fielddata?
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### Author:  [@thinkabout](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkabout)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/6 "2016-09-27T22:29:45Z")
Hi Mark.
As in my original post I'm trying to set fielddata to true. From what is discussed in the following post it seems like it should have solved my issue but it fails
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html)
I'm just new to ElasticSearch so if there is some other piece of information you need please just let me know.
Thanks heaps for your assistance.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/7 "2016-09-29T00:23:26Z")
The OP doesn't contain what it looks like right now, before any mapping updates, only what you are trying to do 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-all-type-not-working/61425/8 "2017-07-05T22:16:21Z")