# Fields getting created for ever

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-getting-created-for-ever/103956>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 13, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-getting-created-for-ever/103956 "2017-10-13T20:31:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cchooks2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cchooks2/32/21987_2.png) [@cchooks2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cchooks2)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-getting-created-for-ever/103956/1 "2017-10-13T20:31:26Z")

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2017-10-13T16:23:50.401-0400: 1056013.188: [GC [PSYoungGen: 785504K-\>64K(785920K)] 898896K-\>113464K(3145216K), **0.0075690** secs] [Times: user=0.02 sys=0.00, real=0.00 secs]

%{TIMESTAMP\_ISO8601:event\_ts}: %{NUMBER:num:int}: [%{GREEDYDATA:garbagecollector} [%{GREEDYDATA:status}: %{NUMBER:young\_heap\_used\_before\_gc:int}\K-\>%{NUMBER:young\_heap\_used\_after\_gc:int}\K(%{NUMBER:young\_heap\_size:int}\K)] %{NUMBER:overall\_heap\_before:int}\K-\>%{NUMBER:overall\_heap\_used\_after\_gc:int}\K(%{NUMBER:overall\_heap\_size:int}\K), %{NUMBER:duration:int} %{GREEDYDATA}] [%{WORD}: %{GREEDYDATA:kvpairs}

I am getting a new field being created everytime a new value comes in for my duration filed. As you can see it is set to integer. How can i correct this?

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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:** [October 17, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-getting-created-for-ever/103956/2 "2017-10-17T20:10:30Z")

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Please show your full configuration **and make sure you format it as preformatted text when you post it**.

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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:** [November 14, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-getting-created-for-ever/103956/3 "2017-11-14T20:11:04Z")

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Closed on November 14, 2017, 8:11pm UTC

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