# Update mappings all the time **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 20, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411 "2011-09-20T00:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@James\_Cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Cook)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/1 "2011-09-20T00:32:56Z")
It seems that every time I index a document, I get the update mapping log statements. Indexing document, index [ppkc], type [activities], key [5260d986257c472db42d405f91158062] [Stacy X] processing [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]]: execute [Stacy X] [ppkc] update\_mapping [activities] (dynamic) [Stacy X] cluster state updated: version [8], source [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]] It's a pretty quick operation, but I don't understand why it is happening. I am not using dynamic mapping so I am unsure why this is happening? -- jim ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/2 "2011-09-20T05:08:41Z")
Can you gist some activities documents ? David 😉 Le 20 sept. 2011 à 02:32, James Cook [jcook@tracermedia.com](mailto:jcook@tracermedia.com) a écrit : > It seems that every time I index a document, I get the update mapping log statements. > > Indexing document, index [ppkc], type [activities], key [5260d986257c472db42d405f91158062] > [Stacy X] processing [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]]: execute > [Stacy X] [ppkc] update\_mapping [activities] (dynamic) > [Stacy X] cluster state updated: version [8], source [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]] > > It's a pretty quick operation, but I don't understand why it is happening. I am not using dynamic mapping so I am unsure why this is happening? > > -- jim ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/3 "2011-09-20T08:30:32Z")
If you are not using dynamic mapping, then you shouldn't see this messages. Can you gist a recreation? On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:08 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > Can you gist some activities documents ? > > David 😉 > > Le 20 sept. 2011 à 02:32, James Cook [jcook@tracermedia.com](mailto:jcook@tracermedia.com) a écrit : > > > It seems that every time I index a document, I get the update mapping log > > statements. > > > > Indexing document, index [ppkc], type [activities], key > > [5260d986257c472db42d405f91158062] > > [Stacy X] processing [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]]: execute > > [Stacy X] [ppkc] update\_mapping [activities] (dynamic) > > [Stacy X] cluster state updated: version [8], source [update-mapping > > [ppkc][activities]] > > > > It's a pretty quick operation, but I don't understand why it is > > happening. I am not using dynamic mapping so I am unsure why this is > > happening? > > > > -- jim ---
**Author:** ![James\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@James\_Cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Cook)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/4 "2011-09-20T22:00:18Z")
Hmmm, well we aren't using dynamic mapping, but we do put our mappings into a directory for ES to discover. Could it be that ES starts up with dynamic mapping, then discovers the mapping files I have for each type? Then when I index a document, it issues an update\_mapping call even though I am indexing a document to one of my types that is mapped? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/5 "2011-09-20T22:05:34Z")
What do you mean by putting it in a directory for elasticsearch to discvoer? Mappings in the config location are applied when the index gets created (which happens before a document gets indexed). On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:00 AM, James Cook [jcook@tracermedia.com](mailto:jcook@tracermedia.com) wrote: > Hmmm, well we aren't using dynamic mapping, but we do put our mappings into > a directory for ES to discover. Could it be that ES starts up with dynamic > mapping, then discovers the mapping files I have for each type? Then when I > index a document, it issues an update\_mapping call even though I am indexing > a document to one of my types that is mapped? ---
**Author:** ![James\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@James\_Cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Cook)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/6 "2011-09-21T03:41:08Z")
Right, but if I explicitly create the mappings using the API as part of the index creation, I do not see the log statements in the original post. [Stacy X] processing [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]]: execute [Stacy X] [ppkc] update\_mapping [activities] (dynamic) [Stacy X] cluster state updated: version [8], source [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]] What triggers the update-mapping log statements, and why does it say (dynamic)? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/7 "2011-09-22T11:11:15Z")
The log message comes from an index operation causing for un mapped fields to be introduced. I think we can move faster I can somehow recreate it? On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:41 AM, James Cook [jcook@tracermedia.com](mailto:jcook@tracermedia.com) wrote: > Right, but if I explicitly create the mappings using the API as part of the > index creation, I do not see the log statements in the original post. > > [Stacy X] processing [update-mapping [ppkc][activities]]: execute > [Stacy X] [ppkc] update\_mapping [activities] (dynamic) > [Stacy X] cluster state updated: version [8], source [update-mapping > [ppkc][activities]] > > What triggers the update-mapping log statements, and why does it say > (dynamic)? ---
**Author:** ![James\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@James\_Cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Cook)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/8 "2011-09-22T18:37:34Z")
Thanks for the hint. I will look at our mappings and make sure no new properties are being introduced. I will gist if that isn't the problem. Thanks. ---
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-mappings-all-the-time/5411/9 "2017-07-06T03:53:46Z")