Use existing field as id in elasticsearch

Question

Just started using elasticSearch today. I was wondering if it would be possible to set in some kind of global parameter to use a certain field within a document as the ID always?

My JSON documents will always have it's own unique ID

{
  "Record ID": "a06b0000004SWbdAAG",
  "System Modstamp": "01/31/2013T07:46:02.000Z",
  "body": "Test Body"
}

Here I would like to use Record ID as the ID field.

Regards

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '13 at 16:00

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You want to use the path setting, see the docs here:

http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/id-field/

specifically something like this should work in your mapping:

{
    "your_mapping" : {
        "_id" : {
            "path" : "Record ID"
        }
    }
}

I've never tried having variable names split up though. You might want to camelcase or underscore them if you run into wierdness.

answered May 20 '13 at 16:00

James R

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When I am trying this i keep getting the error mapping type is missing. – Cool Techie Aug 02 '14 at 11:32
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@CoolTechie You should id at the type level and not under properties. For eg: ppings": { "your_mapping" : { "_id" : { "path" : "Record ID" }, "properties": { "Record ID": { "type": "string" }, – Atul Soman Oct 31 '14 at 06:12
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note that it is deprecated in elasticsearch 1.5, see https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/6730 for more details – Utopik Apr 25 '15 at 11:28
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Is there an alternative ? – lcapra Nov 04 '15 at 11:02
This doesn't seem to even exist anymore. The link is not there. – Morag Hughson Nov 24 '21 at 09:16

Use existing field as id in elasticsearch

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