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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Value must be of type Map: ” + parameterName + ” ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: .

Log Context
Log “Value must be of type Map: [” + parameterName + “]”classname is Script.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
} } else if (Script.PARAMS_PARSE_FIELD.match(parameterName; LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE)) { if (parameterValue instanceof Map || parameterValue == null) { params = (Map) parameterValue; } else { throw new ElasticsearchParseException("Value must be of type Map: [" + parameterName + "]"); } } else if (Script.OPTIONS_PARSE_FIELD.match(parameterName; LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE)) { if (parameterValue instanceof Map || parameterValue == null) { options = (Map ) parameterValue; } else {
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