# Dissect string in filebeat

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dissect-string-in-filebeat/250445
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [September 30, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dissect-string-in-filebeat/250445 "2020-09-30T04:54:33Z")
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### Author: ![niv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@niv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niv)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dissect-string-in-filebeat/250445/1 "2020-09-30T04:54:33Z")

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Hi I want to dissect the particular field .

Original filed Value:

```auto
"\t{\n \"value\": \"dropfields_nT8\",\n \"PSN\": \"dropfields_8\",\n \"Id\": \"dropfields_8\",\n \"PSShowComputerName\": \"drop
fields_8\"\n },"

```

after dissect I want the new field value to be:

```auto
"{\n \"value\": \"dropfields_nT8\",\n \"PSN\": \"dropfields_8\",\n \"Id\": \"dropfields_8\",\n \"PSShowComputerName\": \"drop
fields_8\"\n }"

```

Basically i want everything within the {}

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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: [October 28, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dissect-string-in-filebeat/250445/2 "2020-10-28T06:54:34Z")

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