Nevermind folks thanks anyway. I took a look at the ES source. Each
object in the doc has it's own methods such as remove():
POST
/test-timbr-2015.02.19/event/0f78c6b6-a30b-436e-bad7-4234654fc5bb/_update
{
"script" : "ctx._source.realm.remove(\"name <http://realm.name/>\")"
}
On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 10:54:30 AM UTC-5, Steve Flook wrote:
>
> I have an index that supports dynamic mappings under a field of type
> Object that we named custom. My doc also has other objects properties with
> inner props. I attached an abbreviated mapping - notice my object for
> "realm" and it's properties
>
> Using the Update API I can remove a field per the docs
> <http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-update.html>
>
> *if* it's a top level field. For example this works great:
>
> POST
> /test-timbr-2015.02.19/event/0f78c6b6-a30b-436e-bad7-4234654fc5bb/_update
> {
> "script" : "ctx._source.remove(\"threadid\")"
> }
>
> However, when I run the script against a document that has a field nested
> in a specific object graph the specified field doesn't get deleted. I'm
> using dot notation as you can see, and when I run this ES comes back with a
> HTTP 200 and the _version property gets incremented.
>
> POST
> /test-timbr-2015.02.19/event/0f78c6b6-a30b-436e-bad7-4234654fc5bb/_update
> {
> "script" : "ctx._source.remove(\"realm.name\")"
> }
>
> How can I get inner properties like this removed via the Update API.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Steve
>
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