Parent specification in elasticsearch for first node

Question

I am using the _bulk api for indexing my data. I have a parent field for every document except the first document.

Normally my documents will have the following meta-data:

{"index":{"_id":"11111", "parent": "00000"}}

What should I specify in the parent field for the first document.

Should I leave the parent field blank?

{"index":{"_id":"00000", "parent": ""}}

Or should I not include the parent field at all?

{"index":{"_id":"00000"}}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '16 at 07:29

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You simply don't include the parent property at all in your first document, which should act as the parent document for all other documents.

answered Mar 16 '16 at 07:29

Val

I am using bulk api. Creating a string in Java. Persisting that string using bulki api. But it is giving 400 error. – Amriteya Mar 16 '16 at 07:47
Please show a relevant part of your bulk query and the error you're getting. – Val Mar 16 '16 at 07:50
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36030795/elasticsearch-bulk-api-returning-400-error-in-java – Amriteya Mar 16 '16 at 08:57

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