# Conditional if on output using id

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-if-on-output-using-id/152128>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 11, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-if-on-output-using-id/152128 "2018-10-11T21:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![agx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@agx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agx)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-if-on-output-using-id/152128/1 "2018-10-11T21:18:34Z")

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If I set **id =\> "my\_plugin\_id"** on an input  
can i use:  
**if [id] == "my\_plugin\_id"** on output to ensure the correct output is used?

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**Author:** ![guyboertje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guyboertje/32/31592_2.png) [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-if-on-output-using-id/152128/2 "2018-10-22T13:03:04Z")

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yes you can

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-if-on-output-using-id/152128/3 "2018-11-19T13:05:43Z")

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