# How to automatically change the file name output by Auditbeat.yml
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-change-the-file-name-output-by-auditbeat-yml/225529
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** auditbeat
**Created:** [March 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-change-the-file-name-output-by-auditbeat-yml/225529 "2020-03-29T02:19:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Ryo\_Takeuchi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryo_Takeuchi)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-change-the-file-name-output-by-auditbeat-yml/225529/1 "2020-03-29T02:19:53Z")
Is it possible to set variable information (date information etc ...) in the file name with the File option of Configure the output? For example, filename\_yyyymmdd\_hhmmss.log etc ...
Or is there any other way to change the file name dynamically when outputting the collected logs to a file?
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### Author:  [@kasra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kasra)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-change-the-file-name-output-by-auditbeat-yml/225529/2 "2020-04-04T08:55:00Z")
yes you can
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/current/rename-fields.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/current/rename-fields.html)
and also if you ship your logs first into logstash you can apply your changes and your possible enrichments too
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-automatically-change-the-file-name-output-by-auditbeat-yml/225529/3 "2020-04-25T08:55:10Z")
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