# Value is not determining

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-is-not-determining/241838>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-is-not-determining/241838 "2020-07-20T06:06:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aniket\_Pant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Aniket\_Pant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniket_Pant)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-is-not-determining/241838/1 "2020-07-20T06:06:23Z")

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i have a field and its type is ip but the problem is that i want to specify its type keyword and ip

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-is-not-determining/241838/2 "2020-07-20T07:00:34Z")

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I very field has to have one distinct mapping, so in order to do what you describe you will need to use [multi field](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-types.html#_multi_fields) in your mapping or index template.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-is-not-determining/241838/3 "2020-08-17T07:00:36Z")

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