# How to have all values and not replace them when update a document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-have-all-values-and-not-replace-them-when-update-a-document/189858>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-have-all-values-and-not-replace-them-when-update-a-document/189858 "2019-07-10T19:39:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-have-all-values-and-not-replace-them-when-update-a-document/189858/1 "2019-07-10T19:39:01Z")

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I have logs that contains data from an email, but is separated in different log lines, so I have to update the document in Elasticsearch in order to have all the data I need. It works, but if a new value appears, replaces it. Is possible to have both? old and new, as an array?

This is the log lines I have (this is from one email, so it will go to one document):

> ```
> {"type":"syslog","smtp_port":"52908","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:54.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438209","mta_address":"51.77.33.45","client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","smtp_port":"41025","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","dst_mta_address":"10.208.204.119","recipients":["user@domain.com"],"product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","recipients":"user@domain.com","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","action_fields":["subject","clicker","annotate","quarantine"],"client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","product":"smgsyslog","msgid":" <mzkzmtk2ngac4105695y471bamtu1otqzodq0odq0otaw@ecotiendanatural.grupocorreomasivo.com>","numeroproceso":"1559438214","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:54.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","recipients":["user@domain.com"],"product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438214","client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:54.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438211","sender":"noresponder@ecotiendanatural.grupocorreomasivo.com","client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","source":"external","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438214","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","subject":"¡ hasta 40% off ! todo belleza, cuidado y cosmética natural ahora !!!","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438214","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","veredicto":"connection_class_1","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:50.000Z","policy_grp":"default","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","filtering_policy":"static connection class 1","recipients":"<none>","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438210","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","veredicto":"bulk","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","policy_grp":"default","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","filtering_policy":"marketing mail: modify subject line with \"[marketing mail]\"","recipients":"user@domain.com","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"PID":"5179","@version":"1","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","product":"smgsyslog","veredicto":"content_1541515424968","policy_grp":"default","nombre":"mailserver","match_seccion_especifica":"recipient","match_seccion":"envelope","recipients":"user@domain.com","numeroproceso":"1559438215","match_string":"domain.com","client":"client","filtering_policy":"legal disclaimer inbound","type":"syslog"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:54.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","sign_domain":"grupocorreomasivo.com","selector":"acymailing","dkim_result":"pass","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438214","client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","msg_size":35616,"product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438214","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438214","ehlo":"vps617915.ovh.net","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","logical_ip":"51.77.33.45","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","recipients":["user@domain.com"],"product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","fired":["bulk","content_1541515424968"],"client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"bmserver","recipients":["user@domain.com"],"product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","client":"client","PID":"5179","@version":"1"}
> {"type":"syslog","@timestamp":"2019-06-02T01:16:55.000Z","nombre":"mailserver","audit_id":"0ad0cc76-fc1ff70000002e2c-ad-5cf3238174f5","proceso":"ecelerity","recipients":["user@domain.com"],"product":"smgsyslog","numeroproceso":"1559438215","client":"client","PID":"11820","@version":"1"}
> 
> ```

in Logstash output I have:

> elasticsearch { index =\> "%{client}-mail-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}" hosts =\> ["[http://elastic:9200](http://elastic:9200)"] action =\> "update" doc\_as\_upsert =\> true document\_id =\> "%{audit\_id}" retry\_on\_conflict =\> "10" }

Result:  
I get:

- "filtering\_policy": "legal disclaimer inbound",

I would like to get:

- "filtering\_policy": ["legal disclaimer inbound", "filtering\_policy":"marketing mail: modify subject line with "[marketing mail]", "filtering\_policy":"static connection class 1"]

Or something like that..  
Is it possible?

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**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-have-all-values-and-not-replace-them-when-update-a-document/189858/2 "2019-08-07T19:39:03Z")

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