# Can I change total\_fields.limit from logstash's output?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-total-fields-limit-from-logstashs-output/76904>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-total-fields-limit-from-logstashs-output/76904 "2017-03-01T03:14:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![camkidman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@camkidman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/camkidman)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-total-fields-limit-from-logstashs-output/76904/1 "2017-03-01T03:14:46Z")

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Hi there,

I've got the following in my elasticsearch configuration file:

```auto
output {
  elasticsearch { hosts => ["https://...."]
    index => "production-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  }
  stdout { codec => rubydebug }
}

```

I'm running into the field limit of 1000 and I'm not sure how to increase that dynamically from logstash's configuration. I looked a little and found that I can use a template, but I can't find logstash's default template _anywhere_, and I'd like to use that with the one modification. Is there a configuration option I can specify in the output right in the logstash config?

Thanks in advance!

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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 4, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-change-total-fields-limit-from-logstashs-output/76904/2 "2017-03-04T03:15:12Z")

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Closed on March 4, 2017, 3:15am UTC

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