# Add\_docker\_metadata filter desired fields

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-docker-metadata-filter-desired-fields/145502
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [August 22, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-docker-metadata-filter-desired-fields/145502 "2018-08-22T07:23:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![caub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/caub/32/33783_2.png) [@caub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/caub)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-docker-metadata-filter-desired-fields/145502/1 "2018-08-22T07:23:07Z")

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It would be great to be able to select which fields we want from `add_docker_metadata` prospector

I'm doing currently:

```auto
processors:
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - drop_fields:
      fields: ["input.type", "prospector.type", "docker.container.id", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.stack.namespace", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.swarm.node.id", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.swarm.service.id", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.swarm.service.name", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.swarm.task.id", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.swarm.task.name", "docker.container.labels.com.docker.swarm.task.value"]

```

What I'd like is:

```auto
processors:
  - add_docker_metadata:
      fields: ["docker.container.image", "docker.container.name"]

```

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### Author: ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-docker-metadata-filter-desired-fields/145502/2 "2018-08-22T13:30:40Z")

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@caub Its a valid request, can you create an issue on issue tracker at [http://github.com/elastic/beats](http://github.com/elastic/beats)?

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### Author: ![caub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/caub/32/33783_2.png) [@caub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/caub)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-docker-metadata-filter-desired-fields/145502/3 "2018-08-22T13:48:57Z")

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Ok, thanks [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/8049](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/8049)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-docker-metadata-filter-desired-fields/145502/4 "2018-09-19T13:49:05Z")

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