Failed to find geo_point field ” + fieldName + ” – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

July-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch is unable to find a geo point field in the mapping for a particular index. Geo point fields are used to store latitude and longitude coordinates for location-based searches, and this error is returned when a geo point field is missing from the mapping. To resolve the issue, ensure that the geo point field is properly defined in the index mapping.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” failed to find geo_point field ” + fieldName + ” ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: query and index.


Log Context

Log “failed to find geo_point field [” + fieldName + “]”classname  is GeoDistanceQueryBuilder.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

MappedFieldType fieldType = shardContext.fieldMapper(fieldName);
 if (fieldType == null) {
 if (ignoreUnmapped) {
 return new MatchNoDocsQuery();
 } else {
 throw new QueryShardException(shardContext; "failed to find geo_point field [" + fieldName + "]");
 }
 } 
 if (!(fieldType instanceof GeoPointFieldType)) {
 throw new QueryShardException(shardContext; "field [" + fieldName + "] is not a geo_point field");

 

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