Elasticsearch Types

The Elasticsearch destination (v2.0.0 and later) supports most Apache Arrow (opens in a new tab) types. The following table shows the supported types and how they are mapped to Elasticsearch field data types (opens in a new tab).

Arrow Column Type	Supported?	Elasticsearch Type
Binary	✅ Yes	`binary`
Boolean	✅ Yes	`boolean`
Date32	✅ Yes	`date` with format `yyyy-MM-dd`
Date64	✅ Yes	`date` with format `yyyy-MM-dd`
Decimal	✅ Yes	`text`
Dense Union	✅ Yes	`text`
Dictionary	✅ Yes	`text`
Duration[ms]	✅ Yes	`text`
Duration[ns]	✅ Yes	`text`
Duration[s]	✅ Yes	`text`
Duration[us]	✅ Yes	`text`
Fixed Size List	✅ Yes	Uses type from list elements
Float16	✅ Yes	`half_float`
Float32	✅ Yes	`float`
Float64	✅ Yes	`double`
Inet	✅ Yes	`text`
Int8	✅ Yes	`byte`
Int16	✅ Yes	`short`
Int32	✅ Yes	`integer`
Int64	✅ Yes	`long`
Interval[DayTime]	✅ Yes	`object`
Interval[MonthDayNano]	✅ Yes	`object`
Interval[Month]	✅ Yes	`object`
JSON	✅ Yes	`text`
Large Binary	✅ Yes	`byte`
Large List	✅ Yes	Uses type from list elements
Large String	✅ Yes	`text`
List	✅ Yes	Uses type from list elements
MAC	✅ Yes	`text`
Map	✅ Yes	`object` with `key` and `value` fields
String	✅ Yes	`text`
Struct	✅ Yes	`object`
Time32[s]	✅ Yes	`date` with format `HH:mm:ss`
Time32[ms]	✅ Yes	`date` with format `HH:mm:ss.SSS`
Time64[us]	✅ Yes	`text`
Time64[ns]	✅ Yes	`text`
Timestamp[s]	✅ Yes	`date` with format `2006-01-02T15:04:05Z`
Timestamp[ms]	✅ Yes	`date` with format `2006-01-02T15:04:05.999Z`
Timestamp[us]	✅ Yes	`date` with format `2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"`
Timestamp[ns]	✅ Yes	`date_nanos` with format `2006-01-02T15:04:05.99999999Z`
UUID	✅ Yes	`text`
Uint8	✅ Yes	`unsigned_long`
Uint16	✅ Yes	`unsigned_long`
Uint32	✅ Yes	`unsigned_long`
Uint64	✅ Yes	`unsigned_long`
Union	✅ Yes	`text`