# Custom fields in metricset

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-metricset/79360>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-metricset/79360 "2017-03-21T07:39:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![shweta\_chugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@shweta\_chugh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shweta_chugh)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-metricset/79360/1 "2017-03-21T07:39:10Z")

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Can we add custom/user defined fields in inbuild modules in metricset. for instance adding filed description in MySQL module?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-metricset/79360/2 "2017-03-21T13:57:59Z")

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You can add fields to each module. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuring-howto-metricbeat.html#\_basic\_configuration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuring-howto-metricbeat.html#_basic_configuration) Is that what you were looking for?

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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 18, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-metricset/79360/3 "2017-04-18T13:58:04Z")

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