# How to set a schedule on Filter or reuse the content of a event

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-a-schedule-on-filter-or-reuse-the-content-of-a-event/314520
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-a-schedule-on-filter-or-reuse-the-content-of-a-event/314520 "2022-09-15T14:44:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-a-schedule-on-filter-or-reuse-the-content-of-a-event/314520/2 "2022-09-15T15:31:54Z")

</div>

It could probably be done....

Run an http\_poller on a long schedule (3 hours). Run a heartbeat input on a short schedule (once a minute). Use a ruby filter with logic like [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/method-to-timestamp-my-logstash-events/135888/3) to copy the token to heartbeat events.

---

_[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-a-schedule-on-filter-or-reuse-the-content-of-a-event/314520)._