# Watcher Condition "script" : { "script" : ""}}. Not working
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [January 20, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710 "2016-01-20T22:36:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@rohitgup14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitgup14)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/1 "2016-01-20T22:36:40Z")
Tried using the example mentioned in the documents for scripts inside condition block. It is throwing an error.
Will appreciate any pointers.
"condition" : {
"script" : {
"script" : "return ctx.payload.hits.total \> threshold",
"params" : {
"threshold" : 5
}
}
}
Error:
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "parse\_exception",
"reason": "unexpected field [script]"
}
],
"type": "parse\_exception",
"reason": "could not parse [script] condition for watch [sample\_watcher]. failed to parse script",
"caused\_by": {
"type": "parse\_exception",
"reason": "unexpected field [script]"
}
},
"status": 400
}
---
### Author:  [@uboness](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uboness)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/2 "2016-01-20T23:23:20Z")
try this instead (note s/script/inline)
```auto
{
"condition": {
"script": {
"inline": "return ctx.payload.hits.total > threshold",
"params": {
"threshold": 5
}
}
}
}
```
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/condition.html#\_using\_a\_script\_condition](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/condition.html#_using_a_script_condition)
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### Author:  [@rohitgup14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitgup14)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/3 "2016-01-21T19:05:31Z")
Yes, the inline worked. So s/script/script is not a valid command.
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### Author:  [@carmelom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carmelom)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/4 "2016-02-01T14:09:18Z")
I tried your example and I got this error:
`{ "error": { "root_cause": [{ "type": "script_exception", "reason": "failed to compile script [ScriptException[scripts of type [inline], operation [elasticsearch-watcher_watch] and lang [groovy] are disabled]] with lang [return ctx.payload.hits.total > threshold] of type [groovy]" } ], "type": "script_exception", "reason": "failed to compile script [ScriptException[scripts of type [inline], operation [elasticsearch-watcher_watch] and lang [groovy] are disabled]] with lang [return ctx.payload.hits.total > threshold] of type [groovy]" }, "status": 500 }`
What can I do to solve this problem ?
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### Author:  [@pgcr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pgcr)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/5 "2016-02-02T19:44:56Z")
Im also receiving the same error when attempting to setup a new watch.
{
"error": {
"root\_cause": [
{
"type": "script\_exception",
"reason": "failed to compile script [ScriptException[scripts of type [inline], operation [elasticsearch-watcher\_watch] and lang [groovy] are disabled]] with lang [if (ctx.payload.aggregations.minutes.buckets.size() == 0) return false; def latest = ctx.payload.aggregations.minutes.buckets[-1]; def node = latest.nodes.buckets[0]; return node && node.memory && node.memory.value \>= 75;] of type [groovy]"
}
],
"type": "script\_exception",
"reason": "failed to compile script [ScriptException[scripts of type [inline], operation [elasticsearch-watcher\_watch] and lang [groovy] are disabled]] with lang [if (ctx.payload.aggregations.minutes.buckets.size() == 0) return false; def latest = ctx.payload.aggregations.minutes.buckets[-1]; def node = latest.nodes.buckets[0]; return node && node.memory && node.memory.value \>= 75;] of type [groovy]"
},
"status": 500
}
Reference: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/watching-marvel-data.html#watching-memory-usage](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/watching-marvel-data.html#watching-memory-usage)
Any help would be grateful.
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### Author:  [@carmelom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carmelom)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/6 "2016-02-03T08:44:55Z")
I Fixed my error:
the problem was on my elasticsearch.yml
I added this :
> script.inline: on
> script.indexed: on
and now it is working
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### Author:  [@pgcr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pgcr)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/7 "2016-02-03T14:54:14Z")
Thanks @carmelom. I added those two lines throughout my nodes and master and it has accepted the script.
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### Author:  [@Lu1Lu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lu1Lu)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/8 "2016-02-23T07:52:26Z")
oh !thank you, my friend . my es script is working now!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-condition-script-script-not-working/39710/9 "2017-07-06T13:46:54Z")