# ES 2.3 -\> 5.x metricbeat index field limit

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-3-5-x-metricbeat-index-field-limit/66821>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [November 22, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-3-5-x-metricbeat-index-field-limit/66821 "2016-11-22T08:01:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![gregoryo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@gregoryo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gregoryo)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-2-3-5-x-metricbeat-index-field-limit/66821/5 "2016-11-22T14:29:32Z")

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> Are you doing any transformations on the logstash side?

No filters, just this in output:

```
output {
  if [type] == 'metricsets' {
    elasticsearch {
      index => "logstash-metricbeat-%{+xxxx.ww}"
      document_type => "%{[@metadata][type]}"

```

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> Do you use daily indices?

Weekly, as you can see above.

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> Did you load the template into elasticsearch? It is automatically loaded if you send data to elasticsearch.

In short, yes I did, and it's described more [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-ls-es-template-error-solved).

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> Did you use "beta" versions of metricbeat on the same indices?

Since 2 November I've been using a metricbeat that I [built myself](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/974#issuecomment-229604457), at whatever versions of things at that time. I have nothing else in those indices (logstash-metricbeat-2016.{44-47}), and no earlier logstash-metricbeat-\* indices. I wonder if it's time to build the binary again from current sources.

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