# Can we omit filter in this case?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 5, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432 "2017-11-05T15:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/blason/32/42284_2.png) [@Blason](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Blason)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/1 "2017-11-05T15:30:21Z")

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Hi Guys,

If I am accepting input over beats can I completely omit filter? I mean just input { beats port 5044} and then output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> [192.168.1.12"9200"]  
}  
}

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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:** [November 5, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/2 "2017-11-05T20:42:28Z")

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What beat(s) are you using?

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**Author:** ![Blason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/blason/32/42284_2.png) [@Blason](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Blason)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/3 "2017-11-06T02:26:12Z")

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I am using filebeat & Packetbeats

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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:** [November 6, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/4 "2017-11-06T02:31:27Z")

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You can for packetbeat. Filebeat will depend on what format the source logs are in.

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**Author:** ![Blason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/blason/32/42284_2.png) [@Blason](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Blason)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/5 "2017-11-06T10:16:29Z")

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I see but are they not already parsing the logs before being sent?

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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:** [November 6, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/6 "2017-11-06T21:34:20Z")

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No, filebeat does no parsing, it just ships.

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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:** [December 4, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-omit-filter-in-this-case/106432/7 "2017-12-04T21:34:21Z")

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