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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” + NAME + no relation found for child ” + type + ” ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: join and query.

Log Context
Log “[” + NAME + “] no relation found for child [” + type + “]”classname is ParentIdQueryBuilder.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
final ParentIdFieldMapper childMapper = joinFieldMapper.getParentIdFieldMapper(type; false); if (childMapper == null) { if (ignoreUnmapped) { return new MatchNoDocsQuery(); } else { throw new QueryShardException(context; "[" + NAME + "] no relation found for child [" + type + "]"); } } return new BooleanQuery.Builder() .add(childMapper.fieldType().termQuery(id; context); BooleanClause.Occur.MUST) // Need to take child type into account; otherwise a child doc of different type with the same id could match
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