# What type is the "port" field in Heartbeat output?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-is-the-port-field-in-heartbeat-output/108586>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 21, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-is-the-port-field-in-heartbeat-output/108586 "2017-11-21T16:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TimWard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timward/32/19574_2.png) [@TimWard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimWard)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-type-is-the-port-field-in-heartbeat-output/108586/5 "2017-11-22T09:15:52Z")

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Re the mapping point, I have now discovered [Strings in integer fields?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strings-in-integer-fields/58301)

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