# How to change Filebeat input fileformat to different one other than Apachelog **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [December 17, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-filebeat-input-fileformat-to-different-one-other-than-apachelog/161146 "2018-12-17T12:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AshokJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@AshokJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AshokJ)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-filebeat-input-fileformat-to-different-one-other-than-apachelog/161146/1 "2018-12-17T12:44:53Z")
Hi, I am looking forward to how Filebeat send the data to Elasticsearch (from the example: Apache2 Filebeat with sample log from the below link) and yes I could visualize apache\_log through Kibana. So my input is different now as mention below. Emp ID Emp Name Salary Location 100 AAA 456456 USA 200 BBB 234523 AUS 300 CCC 334455 IND Can anyone please help me to achieve this from the existing filebeat.json. Please share me the useful link if there is any. The link which i am referring : [https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-hosted-elasticsearch-and-a-sample-dataset](https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-hosted-elasticsearch-and-a-sample-dataset) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-filebeat-input-fileformat-to-different-one-other-than-apachelog/161146/2 "2019-01-14T14:44:54Z")
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