# Filebeat putting in thousands of extraneous fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-putting-in-thousands-of-extraneous-fields/242561>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-putting-in-thousands-of-extraneous-fields/242561 "2020-07-24T18:58:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![hmschreck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hmschreck/32/49405_2.png) [@hmschreck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hmschreck)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-putting-in-thousands-of-extraneous-fields/242561/1 "2020-07-24T18:58:08Z")

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I'm trying to use the transform functionality in Elastic Cloud (7.8) and it is complaining that Filebeat has too many index fields (3700+ vs a maximum of 1024).

I've tried changing the fields file to send something different, I have deleted the templates and mappings and everything -- but all of these extra fields keep popping up. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-putting-in-thousands-of-extraneous-fields/242561/2 "2020-07-26T23:52:42Z")

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What sort of fields are you seeing?

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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:** [August 24, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-putting-in-thousands-of-extraneous-fields/242561/3 "2020-08-24T01:52:48Z")

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