# ECS network.direction field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ecs-network-direction-field/229662>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ecs-network-direction-field/229662 "2020-04-24T13:22:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saurabh_singh1/32/63178_2.png) [@Saurabh\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Singh1)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ecs-network-direction-field/229662/1 "2020-04-24T13:22:02Z")

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Hi All,  
Can anybody help me in understanding the meaning of network.direction field in ECS ?  
I went through [Network Fields | Elastic Common Schema (ECS) Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-network.html)

> Please help me with an example to understand the meaning of :  
> 1.) external  
> 2.) internal  
> 3.) inbound  
> 4.) outbound  
> 5.) unknown

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saurabh_singh1/32/63178_2.png) [@Saurabh\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Singh1)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ecs-network-direction-field/229662/2 "2020-04-28T05:17:04Z")

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Any help on this ?

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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:** [May 26, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ecs-network-direction-field/229662/3 "2020-05-26T05:17:17Z")

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