# Change Wilnogbeat index name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-wilnogbeat-index-name/327273>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-wilnogbeat-index-name/327273 "2023-03-08T13:08:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![krzychohoho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@krzychohoho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krzychohoho)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-wilnogbeat-index-name/327273/1 "2023-03-08T13:08:03Z")

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Hi,  
I want to change index name from winlogbeat and i am following your instructions. This is my yml file:

 ![obraz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1af3b4c7c70dc88b9885536392278b400b4c4652.png)

But still getting this error: Exiting: error loading template: failed to put data stream: could not put data stream: 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"no matching index template found for data stream

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:** [April 5, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-wilnogbeat-index-name/327273/2 "2023-04-05T15:08:57Z")

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