Question

I tried to define the _timestamp property on an index.
So first, I create the index

curl -XPUT 'http://elasticsearch:9200/ppe/'

response from the server : {"ok":true,"acknowledged":true}

then I tried to define the mapping with a _timestamp

curl -Xput 'http://elasticsearch:9200/ppe/log/_mapping' -d '{
  "log": {
    "properties": {
      "_ttl": {
        "enabled": true
      },
      "_timestamp": {
        "enabled": true,
        "store": "yes"
      },
      "message": {
        "type": "string",
        "store": "yes"
      },
      "appid": {
        "type": "string",
        "store": "yes"
      },
      "level": {
        "type": "integer",
        "store": "yes"
      },
      "logdate": {
        "type": "date",
        "format": "date_time_no_millis",
        "store": "yes"
      }
    }
  }
}'

and I receive as answer from the server

{
  "error": "MapperParsingException[No type specified for property [_timestamp]]",
  "status": 400
}

What’s wrong with my mapping?

Answer 1

Special fields such as _ttl and _timestamp have to be defined on the same level as the properties object:

curl -Xput 'http://elasticsearch:9200/ppe/log/_mapping' -d '{
    "log": {
        "_ttl": {
            "enabled": true
        },
        "_timestamp": {
            "enabled": true,
            "store": "yes"
        },
        "properties": {
            "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "store": "yes"
            },
            "appid": {
                "type": "string",
                "store": "yes"
            },
            "level": {
                "type": "integer",
                "store": "yes"
            },
            "logdate": {
                "type": "date",
                "format": "date_time_no_millis",
                "store": "yes"
            }
        }
    }
}
'