[DOCS] Add examples to the mapping docs (#45520)
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@ -57,12 +57,23 @@ PUT /twitter-1,twitter-2/_mapping <1>
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==== Updating field mappings
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In general, the mapping for existing fields cannot be updated. There are some
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exceptions to this rule. For instance:
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// tag::put-field-mapping-exceptions[]
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* new <<properties>> can be added to <<object>> fields.
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* new <<multi-fields,multi-fields>> can be added to existing fields.
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* the <<ignore-above>> parameter can be updated.
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You can't change the mapping of an existing field, with the following
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exceptions:
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* You can add new <<properties,properties>> to an <<object,`object`>> field.
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* You can use the <<multi-fields,`field`>> mapping parameter to enable
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multi-fields.
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* You can change the value of the <<ignore-above,`ignore_above`>> mapping
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parameter.
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Changing the mapping of an existing field could invalidate data that's already
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indexed. If you need to change the mapping of a field, create a new index with
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the correct mappings and <<docs-reindex,reindex>> your data into that index. If
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you only want to rename a field, consider adding an <<alias, `alias`>> field.
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// end::put-field-mapping-exceptions[]
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For example:
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@ -118,49 +118,151 @@ You know more about your data than Elasticsearch can guess, so while dynamic
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mapping can be useful to get started, at some point you will want to specify
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your own explicit mappings.
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You can create field mappings when you
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<<indices-create-index,create an index>>, and you can add
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fields to an existing index with the <<indices-put-mapping,PUT mapping API>>.
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You can create field mappings when you <<create-mapping,create an index>> and
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<<add-field-mapping,add fields to an existing index>>.
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[float]
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== Updating existing field mappings
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[[create-mapping]]
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== Create an index with an explicit mapping
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Other than where documented, *existing field mappings cannot be
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updated*. Changing the mapping would mean invalidating already indexed
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documents. Instead, you should create a new index with the correct mappings
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and <<docs-reindex,reindex>> your data into that index. If you only wish
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to rename a field and not change its mappings, it may make sense to introduce
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an <<alias, `alias`>> field.
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[float]
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== Example mapping
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A mapping can be specified when creating an index, as follows:
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You can use the <<indices-create-index,create index>> API to create a new index
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with an explicit mapping.
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[source,js]
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---------------------------------------
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PUT my_index <1>
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----
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PUT /my-index
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{
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"mappings": {
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"properties": { <2>
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"title": { "type": "text" }, <3>
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"name": { "type": "text" }, <4>
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"age": { "type": "integer" }, <5>
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"created": {
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"type": "date", <6>
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"format": "strict_date_optional_time||epoch_millis"
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"properties": {
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"age": { "type": "integer" }, <1>
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"email": { "type": "keyword" }, <2>
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"name": { "type": "text" } <3>
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}
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}
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}
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}
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---------------------------------------
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----
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// CONSOLE
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<1> Create an index called `my_index`.
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<2> Specify the fields or _properties_ in the mapping.
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<3> Specify that the `title` field contains `text` values.
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<4> Specify that the `name` field contains `text` values.
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<5> Specify that the `age` field contains `integer` values.
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<6> Specify that the `created` field contains `date` values in two possible formats.
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<1> Creates `age`, an <<number,`integer`>> field
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<2> Creates `email`, a <<keyword,`keyword`>> field
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<3> Creates `name`, a <<text,`text`>> field
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[float]
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[[add-field-mapping]]
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== Add a field to an existing mapping
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You can use the <<indices-put-mapping, put mapping>> API to add one or more new
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fields to an existing index.
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The following example adds `employee-id`, a `keyword` field with an
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<<mapping-index,`index`>> mapping parameter value of `false`. This means values
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for the `employee-id` field are stored but not indexed or available for search.
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[source,js]
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----
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PUT /my-index/_mapping
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{
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"properties": {
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"employee-id": {
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"type": "keyword",
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"index": false
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}
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}
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}
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----
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// CONSOLE
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// TEST[continued]
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[float]
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[[update-mapping]]
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=== Update the mapping of a field
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include::{docdir}/indices/put-mapping.asciidoc[tag=put-field-mapping-exceptions]
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[float]
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[[view-mapping]]
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== View the mapping of an index
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You can use the <<indices-get-mapping, get mapping>> API to view the mapping of
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an existing index.
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[source,js]
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GET /my-index/_mapping
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----
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// CONSOLE
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// TEST[continued]
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The API returns the following response:
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[source,js]
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----
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{
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"my-index" : {
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"mappings" : {
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"properties" : {
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"age" : {
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"type" : "integer"
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},
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"email" : {
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"type" : "keyword"
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},
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"employee-id" : {
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"type" : "keyword",
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"index" : false
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},
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"name" : {
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"type" : "text"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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----
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// TESTRESPONSE
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[float]
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[[view-field-mapping]]
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== View the mapping of specific fields
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If you only want to view the mapping of one or more specific fields, you can use
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the <<indices-get-field-mapping, get field mapping>> API.
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This is useful if you don't need the complete mapping of an index or your index
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contains a large number of fields.
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The following request retrieves the mapping for the `employee-id` field.
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[source,js]
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GET /my-index/_mapping/field/employee-id
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----
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// CONSOLE
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// TEST[continued]
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The API returns the following response:
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[source,js]
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{
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"my-index" : {
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"mappings" : {
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"employee-id" : {
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"full_name" : "employee-id",
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"mapping" : {
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"employee-id" : {
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"type" : "keyword",
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"index" : false
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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----
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// TESTRESPONSE
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--
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