# How to configure logstash to identify column headers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [November 16, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-logstash-to-identify-column-headers/66181 "2016-11-16T00:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deepu.sundar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@deepu.sundar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deepu.sundar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-logstash-to-identify-column-headers/66181/1 "2016-11-16T00:29:00Z")
Hi, Is there way to configure Logstash (in ELK) such that the first line wil be identified as the column header and then it will create and index the remaining records based on that. Appreciate any help on this . ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-logstash-to-identify-column-headers/66181/2 "2016-11-20T16:25:53Z")
I think [https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-csv/pull/36](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-csv/pull/36) added what you're looking for. The online documentation hasn't been regenerated but the feature should be available at least in the csv plugin shipped with Logstash 5.0. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-logstash-to-identify-column-headers/66181/3 "2016-12-18T16:26:33Z")
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