# {ASK} Filebeat 6.2 prospector (document\_type)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-filebeat-6-2-prospector-document-type/121612>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-filebeat-6-2-prospector-document-type/121612 "2018-02-27T08:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![yrizal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b2d939/32.png) [@yrizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yrizal)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-filebeat-6-2-prospector-document-type/121612/1 "2018-02-27T08:50:20Z")

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ELK 5.6.8  
Filebeat 6.2.1  
I have question,  
For filebeat 6.2.1 on the `prospector -> document_type` is still used or not

```
- field:
    tags:
      - SuricataIDPS
      - JSON
    document_type: suricataIDPS
  fields_under_root: true
  type: log
  paths:
    - /var/log/suricata/*/eve.json*

```

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-filebeat-6-2-prospector-document-type/121612/2 "2018-03-02T01:25:24Z")

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`document_type` was removed in 6.0.

You can still set `document_type` inside fields if you want. It seems above you use `field` instead of `fields`.

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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:** [March 30, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-filebeat-6-2-prospector-document-type/121612/3 "2018-03-30T01:25:24Z")

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