Invalid time minute value expected string number value or an array of – How to solve this Elasticsearch exception

Opster Team

August-23, Version: 6.8-7.15

Before you dig into reading this guide, have you tried asking OpsGPT what this log means? You’ll receive a customized analysis of your log.

Try OpsGPT now for step-by-step guidance and tailored insights into your Elasticsearch operation.

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch receives an invalid input for a time minute value. It expects a string/number value or an array of such values. This could be due to incorrect data types or formats in the input. To resolve this issue, you can: 1) Check the input data for any inconsistencies or errors, 2) Ensure that the time minute value is either a string/number or an array of these, 3) Validate the data before sending it to Elasticsearch to prevent such errors.

For a complete solution to your to your search operation, try for free AutoOps for Elasticsearch & OpenSearch . With AutoOps and Opster’s proactive support, you don’t have to worry about your search operation – we take charge of it. Get improved performance & stability with less hardware.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” invalid time minute value. expected string/number value or an array of ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin.

Log Context

Log “invalid time minute value. expected string/number value or an array of” class name is DayTimes.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY) {
 while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_ARRAY) {
 minutes.add(parseMinuteValue(parser; token));
 }
 } else {
 throw new ElasticsearchParseException("invalid time minute value. expected string/number value or an array of " +
 "string/number values; but found [{}]"; token);
 }
 }
 }
 if (hours.isEmpty()) {

 

How helpful was this guide?

We are sorry that this post was not useful for you!

Let us improve this post!

Tell us how we can improve this post?

Get expert answers on Elasticsearch/OpenSearch