# Help with Setting up new Index/ dashboards Filebeat 7.1.1 and logstash indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-setting-up-new-index-dashboards-filebeat-7-1-1-and-logstash-indexes/185405>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-setting-up-new-index-dashboards-filebeat-7-1-1-and-logstash-indexes/185405 "2019-06-12T12:14:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![thekm1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thekm1/32/35926_2.png) [@thekm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thekm1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-setting-up-new-index-dashboards-filebeat-7-1-1-and-logstash-indexes/185405/6 "2019-06-12T13:32:38Z")

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Yes, you need to point the ES in logstash pipeline to the same alias name which has been defined by filebeat setup ilm. That is the way how we use it and this seems to work fine.  
Let me know if this suits you as well.

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