# Event.remove method not working inside aggregate section in code block

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-remove-method-not-working-inside-aggregate-section-in-code-block/336201>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-remove-method-not-working-inside-aggregate-section-in-code-block/336201 "2023-06-16T09:20:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-remove-method-not-working-inside-aggregate-section-in-code-block/336201/18 "2023-06-18T02:51:55Z")

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> [@J\_S](#):
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> `doc_as_upsert => true`

I think you have misunderstood what that does. See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prevent-upsert-to-merge-internal-objects-in-logstash-configuration/148061) thread.

I suggest you ask a new question, saying: I am repeatedly fetching rows from a database. I insert them into elasticsearch using the unique key as the document\_id. For any fields not on the current document I want to add any missing columns to the exiting documents. For fields that _do_ exist on the current document (including hashes) I want to overwrite them. How can I do this?

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