# Filebeat not indexing data correctly " %{\[@metadata\]\[beat\]}- "

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-indexing-data-correctly-metadata-beat/55896
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [July 19, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-indexing-data-correctly-metadata-beat/55896 "2016-07-19T15:37:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![pip0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pip0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pip0)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-indexing-data-correctly-metadata-beat/55896/1 "2016-07-19T15:37:03Z")

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I have filebeat sending logs from syslog, nginx, php slow logs, and authlog. For some reason the metadata is being ripped and instead of the filebeat indexing beat-date. I'm getting a double output with this index name %{[@metadata][beat]}-. I can post all my configs if necessary. Thank you !

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### Author: ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-indexing-data-correctly-metadata-beat/55896/2 "2016-07-19T22:15:13Z")

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Closing. It's a duplicate posting. [Elastic not indexing correctly. Showing "%{[@metadata][beat]}-](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-not-indexing-correctly-showing-metadata-beat/55653)

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### Author: ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-indexing-data-correctly-metadata-beat/55896/3 "2016-07-19T22:15:16Z")

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