def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Defines the Elastic Search mapping and settings for an index
    Arguments:
    None
    Keyword Arguments:
    None
    Return: None
    """
    if self.index_metadata is not None:
        self.se.create_index(index=self.index_name, body=self.index_metadata)
    else:
        raise SearchIndexError("No index metadata defined.")