Try this: { "template" : "whateverindex-*", "mappings" : { "events" : { "_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true }, } } }
From: elasticsearch@googlegroups.com [mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jef Statham Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 12:09 PM To: elasticsearch@googlegroups.com Subject: Cannot figure out how to add automatic timestamps when a document is indexed. I've been trying a PUT to an existing index /solink_health_monitor/_mapping to add a timestamp field to the document _source "mappings": { "stats": { "properties": { "@timestamp:": { "enabled": true, "store": true } } } } I get the following response { "error": "ActionRequestValidationException[Validation Failed: 1: mapping type is missing;]", "status": 400 } -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2fe8afa3-31f7-427b-bc12-48f0c6d49694%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2fe8afa3-31f7-427b-bc12-48f0c6d49694%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5CF8216AA982AF47A8E6DEACA629D22B4EFF0743%40s-us-ex-6.US.R5S.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.