# Why null\_value parameter has been removed for text field type?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-null-value-parameter-has-been-removed-for-text-field-type/79882>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-null-value-parameter-has-been-removed-for-text-field-type/79882 "2017-03-24T12:00:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![avr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@avr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/avr)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-null-value-parameter-has-been-removed-for-text-field-type/79882/1 "2017-03-24T12:00:41Z")

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I was searching for reasons behind removing `null_value` parameter for **text field** mapping. But I didn't find any resources or some change log online. Can somebody help me out regarding this?

Thanks in advance!

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**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:** [March 31, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-null-value-parameter-has-been-removed-for-text-field-type/79882/2 "2017-03-31T06:45:04Z")

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FWIW I opened

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/23839>

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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:** [April 28, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-null-value-parameter-has-been-removed-for-text-field-type/79882/3 "2017-04-28T06:45:10Z")

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