# Forward logs from .dat file **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [April 23, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-logs-from-dat-file/129076 "2018-04-23T10:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikhil\_Jaiswal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhil_jaiswal/32/39326_2.png) [@Nikhil\_Jaiswal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikhil_Jaiswal)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-logs-from-dat-file/129076/1 "2018-04-23T10:19:03Z")
HI all, Is there any way to forward the logs from .dat file to logstash using filebeat ? ---
**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-logs-from-dat-file/129076/2 "2018-04-23T16:18:33Z")
Hello @Nikhil_Jaiswal, What application is generating that dat file? I presume its a custom format from a application. ---
**Author:** ![Nikhil\_Jaiswal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhil_jaiswal/32/39326_2.png) [@Nikhil\_Jaiswal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikhil_Jaiswal)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-logs-from-dat-file/129076/3 "2018-04-23T17:40:34Z")
it's MSSQL logs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forward-logs-from-dat-file/129076/4 "2018-05-21T17:40:36Z")
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