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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” failed to parse term vectors request. ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: request.
Log Context
Log “failed to parse term vectors request.”classname is TermVectorsRequest.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
} else if (INDEX.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) { // the following is important for multi request parsing. termVectorsRequest.index = parser.text(); } else if (ID.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) { if (termVectorsRequest.doc != null) { throw new ElasticsearchParseException("failed to parse term vectors request. " + "either [id] or [doc] can be specified; but not both!"); } termVectorsRequest.id = parser.text(); } else if (DOC.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) { if (termVectorsRequest.id != null) {
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