# Beginner here; how do I

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 21, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514 "2021-12-21T02:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/21 "2022-01-24T04:24:05Z")

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Yeah sorry, forgot there was a link and missed it when I was scanning - too used to looking for actual json.

Can you share what the output is with the `message_key` enabled?

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**Author:** ![end-user](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/end-user/32/99353_2.png) [@end-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/end-user)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/22 "2022-01-24T04:39:29Z")

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It [looks like](https://pastebin.com/YRXxZUyp) it mashes the whole record into the "message" property.

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**Author:** ![end-user](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/end-user/32/99353_2.png) [@end-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/end-user)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/23 "2022-01-30T03:19:54Z")

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Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![end-user](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/end-user/32/99353_2.png) [@end-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/end-user)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/24 "2022-02-02T01:43:35Z")

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Still trying to work out how to push the data so I can run reports against it. Should I be trying to pre-process the (json) logs to strip the `/n` out? That seemed to net the best result. If I do, is there a way to archive them so they don't get reprocessed next run?

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**Author:** ![end-user](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/end-user/32/99353_2.png) [@end-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/end-user)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/25 "2022-02-06T23:43:47Z")

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Hoping this thread doesn't get abandoned.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/26 "2022-02-06T23:47:24Z")

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I don't have the experience or knowledge to help on that sorry.

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**Author:** ![end-user](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/end-user/32/99353_2.png) [@end-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/end-user)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/27 "2022-02-07T00:34:43Z")

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Ok. Any idea who might?

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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 7, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginner-here-how-do-i/292514/28 "2022-03-07T00:34:45Z")

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