# Duplicate query error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-query-error/112548>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 20, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-query-error/112548 "2017-12-20T05:33:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![narasiman1986](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@narasiman1986](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narasiman1986)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-query-error/112548/1 "2017-12-20T05:33:12Z")

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```
output {

elasticsearch { 
hosts => ["localhost:9200"] 
manage_template => false
index => "clinical"
'_id': <RRH_MR_NUM> }
stdout { codec => rubydebug }
}

```

i want to remove the duplicates for that i written above but it shows error as follows  
in the below line

'\_id': \<RRH\_MR\_NUM\>

what is the mistake i made in my above line

please do the needful.

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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-query-error/112548/2 "2017-12-20T05:43:54Z")

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There is no setting called '\_id' .

> [Elasticsearch output plugin | Logstash Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-document_id)

Regards,  
N

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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:** [January 17, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/duplicate-query-error/112548/3 "2018-01-17T05:44:11Z")

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