# Filebeat dissect tokenizer problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dissect-tokenizer-problem/238701>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dissect-tokenizer-problem/238701 "2020-06-25T14:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![elastic\_dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9a140/32.png) [@elastic\_dave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic_dave)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dissect-tokenizer-problem/238701/1 "2020-06-25T14:39:38Z")

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Hi everyone,

having problem with setting up .yml config file and specificaly processors:dissect.

i have root filebeat.yml file pointing to several config files. This seems to work, in filebeat log i can see that config files are loaded.

But than having problem with setting up these config files

```auto
#component-config.yml

- type: log
  paths:
    - D:\my\path\to\*\*\component\*\*.log
  processors:
    - dissect:
        tokenizer: "%{1}\\%{2}\\%{3}\\%{4}\\%{env}\\%{region}\\%{component}\\%{5}\\%{logname}.log"
        field: "source"
    - drop_fields:
        fields: [1,2,3,4,5]

  fields:
    app: "my_app"
    es_id: "some_id"
    es_ver: "some_ver"
    correlation_id: "some_c_id"
    type: "beats"
    application: "some_application"
    component: "some_component"
  fields_under_root: true
  multiline.pattern: '^20'
  multiline.negate: true
  multiline.match: after

```

**ERROR : Exiting: the processor dissect doesn't exist**

dissect part in the documentation is weak and iam a bit flustrated by that issue allready .

Thanks in advance for any tips 🙂

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**Author:** ![mtojek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mtojek/32/63863_2.png) [@mtojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtojek)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dissect-tokenizer-problem/238701/2 "2020-06-26T08:45:26Z")

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Could you please share any information about the filebeat version you're using? What is the exact error you observed?

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**Author:** ![elastic\_dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9a140/32.png) [@elastic\_dave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic_dave)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dissect-tokenizer-problem/238701/3 "2020-06-26T09:57:06Z")

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Version is 6.3.2 and error is as i mentioned above : **ERROR : Exiting: the processor dissect doesn't exist** , this is the only error i can see in a filebeat.log. When i delete the processors& dissect part i can see that logs are shipped without a problem, but i really need that {env} {region} from path.

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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:** [July 24, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-dissect-tokenizer-problem/238701/4 "2020-07-24T11:57:08Z")

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