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[DOCS] copy_to only works one level deep, not recursively (elastic#37249)
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docs/reference/mapping/params/copy-to.asciidoc

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* It is the field _value_ which is copied, not the terms (which result from the analysis process).
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* The original <<mapping-source-field,`_source`>> field will not be modified to show the copied values.
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* The same value can be copied to multiple fields, with `"copy_to": [ "field_1", "field_2" ]`
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* You cannot copy recursively via intermediary fields such as a `copy_to` on
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`field_1` to `field_2` and `copy_to` on `field_2` to `field_3` expecting
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indexing into `field_1` will eventuate in `field_3`, instead use copy_to
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directly to multiple fields from the originating field.

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