# How to extract the entire value of a complicated field?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-extract-the-entire-value-of-a-complicated-field/330891
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 26, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-extract-the-entire-value-of-a-complicated-field/330891 "2023-04-26T23:33:33Z")
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#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-extract-the-entire-value-of-a-complicated-field/330891/2 "2023-04-26T23:48:55Z")

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Why not use a cef codec rather than trying to parse CEF using a kv filter? You can use a tcp output/input pair as shown [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-cef/181215/5).

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