# Hostname split in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hostname-split-in-kibana/213628>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [January 2, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hostname-split-in-kibana/213628 "2020-01-02T21:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![RunningSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@RunningSmurf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RunningSmurf)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hostname-split-in-kibana/213628/1 "2020-01-02T21:18:05Z")

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Hello,

I installed MetricBeat 7.5.1 on a remote Linux host (relative to the ES host), turned on and configured the system module. When I look at the dashboard for the system, I see that the name of the host has been split into two. The name is atlv-psgmon.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx, and it shows in Kibana as two entities: "atlv" and "psgmon.xxx.xxxx.xxxx".... It is as if it split it into 2 entities at the "-". I have another server, although Windows, and on a different version of MetricBeat (7.4.2) (and therefore different index), that has a dash, but it is not split. Please see the screenshot below:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/f/5f294bed8c675c9ad33032efc594804809026463.png)

Has anyone encountered this issue? Thank you!

Sincerely,

RS

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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:** [January 30, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hostname-split-in-kibana/213628/2 "2020-01-30T21:18:07Z")

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