# Having SIEM read windows events from non-default index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-siem-read-windows-events-from-non-default-index-pattern/192496>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-siem-read-windows-events-from-non-default-index-pattern/192496 "2019-07-26T19:58:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tyler\_hilsabeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tyler_hilsabeck/32/45249_2.png) [@tyler\_hilsabeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tyler_hilsabeck)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-siem-read-windows-events-from-non-default-index-pattern/192496/1 "2019-07-26T19:58:57Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I do not store my winlogbeat data in the default named indexes (winlogbeat-\*) but rather windows\_logs-\* for ease of management with ILM, log type clarity, etc. I have installed the default kibana dashboards and reconfigured the objects to read from my windows\_logs-\* index pattern rather than the default, which works fine. How do I get the SIEM module to read and interpret data from the non-standard index pattern? Is there a read alias I could set up to 'trick' the system? Or is there a configuration option I could set?

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 26, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-siem-read-windows-events-from-non-default-index-pattern/192496/2 "2019-07-26T20:19:07Z")

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There is a configuration option in Kibana. Go to Management | Advanced Settings | SIEM.

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**Author:** ![tyler\_hilsabeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tyler_hilsabeck/32/45249_2.png) [@tyler\_hilsabeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tyler_hilsabeck)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-siem-read-windows-events-from-non-default-index-pattern/192496/3 "2019-07-29T12:47:19Z")

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Thank you!

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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 26, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-siem-read-windows-events-from-non-default-index-pattern/192496/4 "2019-08-26T12:47:25Z")

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