# Error creating runner from config: 1 error: string value is not set accessing 'perfmon.queries.0.counters.1.name'

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195>\
**Category:** Metrics\
**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195 "2021-11-15T12:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![tractor\_boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@tractor\_boy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tractor_boy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195/1 "2021-11-15T12:36:58Z")

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Anyone able to decode the error "Error creating runner from config: 1 error: string value is not set accessing 'perfmon.queries.0.counters.1.name'" and explain what its trying to tell me?

I have copied the example perfmon config into my system, but cannot get it to run.

I appreciate at the general level somethings wrong with the config, but the question is what,and is there are way to tweak the logs such that they given something more useful in the output?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![afgomez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/afgomez/32/59274_2.png) [@afgomez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afgomez)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195/2 "2021-11-15T15:08:49Z")

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Hi @tractor_boy,

My guess is that there's either a value missing in your config file, or that there is a syntax error somewhere.

Do you mind pasting your `perfmon` config file here for us to take a look?

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**Author:** ![tractor\_boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@tractor\_boy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tractor_boy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195/3 "2021-11-15T15:21:53Z")

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I have managed after two days of guessing, worked out it was a formatting issue. Is there any possibility of changing the logging such that something more useful is output?

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**Author:** ![afgomez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/afgomez/32/59274_2.png) [@afgomez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afgomez)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195/4 "2021-11-22T10:37:05Z")

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The error comes from a YAML parsing library, so there's not much we can do 😕

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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:** [December 20, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-creating-runner-from-config-1-error-string-value-is-not-set-accessing-perfmon-queries-0-counters-1-name/289195/5 "2021-12-20T10:37:25Z")

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