# Filebeat Index Template from Modules

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-index-template-from-modules/242660
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** beats-module, filebeat
**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-index-template-from-modules/242660 "2020-07-26T14:36:35Z")
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### Author: ![tjfred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@tjfred](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tjfred)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-index-template-from-modules/242660/6 "2020-07-30T14:21:16Z")

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fields in the template that are not used are not going to take up space in your elasticsearch index. perhaps you are suffering with this bug: [Filebeat's default index mapping causes Kibana to display many empty date fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-default-index-mapping-causes-kibana-to-display-many-empty-date-fields/238324) (now fixed)

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