# ETL Tool?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [January 15, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637 "2017-01-15T07:53:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jt3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jt3000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jt3000)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/1 "2017-01-15T07:53:46Z")

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Hello!

I'm newbie in Beat.

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Is Beat a ETL tool to integrate different data source from different database and then merge all data into one common and single database?

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What context is Beat beats being used in business? Any concrete example?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/2 "2017-01-15T14:57:38Z")

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> Is Beat a ETL tool to integrate different data source from different database and then merge all data into one common and single database?

The Beats library is a building block for making programs that send pieces of data (like log events) to e.g. Logstash, Elasticsearch, or Kafka. I'm sure you can use it as one part of an ETL tool but that's not its intended purpose.

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**Author:** ![jt3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jt3000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jt3000)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/3 "2017-01-17T21:19:32Z")

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> [@magnusbaeck](#):
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> purpose

Thank you for your help!

Do you have any concrete example that Beat is being used in business context?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/4 "2017-01-18T13:17:37Z")

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@jt3000 Best check out the product pages for each beat. There you can find many more details on how they can be used: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats)

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**Author:** ![jt3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jt3000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jt3000)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/5 "2017-01-21T06:55:45Z")

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The content of the page is not enough in order to answer my question.

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/6 "2017-01-23T12:21:41Z")

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Also check out the blogs and video section, there are some use cases and also users reporting on how they use beats: [https://www.elastic.co/blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog) Here is one that tells you how filebeat is used to monitor kafka: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-kafka-with-elastic-stack-1-filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-kafka-with-elastic-stack-1-filebeat)

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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:** [February 5, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/etl-tool/71637/7 "2017-02-05T07:54:36Z")

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