# How to set filter integer settings based on event filed or metadata

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filter-integer-settings-based-on-event-filed-or-metadata/146877>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 31, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filter-integer-settings-based-on-event-filed-or-metadata/146877 "2018-08-31T14:22:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tomasz\_Macioszek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tomasz\_Macioszek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomasz_Macioszek)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filter-integer-settings-based-on-event-filed-or-metadata/146877/1 "2018-08-31T14:22:54Z")

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Hi All,

I would like to set filter settings - aggregate filter timeout value - based on event field or metadata.  
I have converted metadata to integere  
mutate { convert =\> { "[@metadata][taskID\_timeout]" =\> "integer" } }

and next try to use this value in aggregate filter (set timeout value):  
aggregate {  
task\_id =\> "%{taskID}"  
code =\> "  
map['problem\_duration'] = event.get('epoc')  
"  
push\_map\_as\_event\_on\_timeout =\> true  
timeout\_task\_id\_field =\> "event\_id"  
#timeout =\> "%{[@metadata][taskID\_timeout]}

```
                    inactivity_timeout => 30
                    timeout_tags => ['_aggregatetimeout']
                    timeout_code => "event.set('problem_duration', map['problem_duration'])"
            }

```

but logstash don't start and log error:  
[ERROR] 2018-08-31 08:28:02.768 [Converge PipelineAction::Create] aggregate - Invalid setting for aggregate filter plugin:

filter {  
aggregate {  
# This setting must be a number  
# Expected number, got "%{[@metadata][taskID\_timeout]}" (type %{[@metadata][taskID\_timeout]})  
timeout =\> "%{[@metadata][taskID\_timeout]}"  
...  
}  
}

I know that it is possible to set string settings for example elasticsearch output settings:  
action =\> "%{[@metadata][action]}"  
document\_id =\> "%{[@metadata][\_id]}"

but what with integer settings?  
Any idea? Any help? 😉

BR  
TM

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**Author:** ![Tomasz\_Macioszek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tomasz\_Macioszek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomasz_Macioszek)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filter-integer-settings-based-on-event-filed-or-metadata/146877/2 "2018-08-31T15:18:12Z")

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Little update on aggregate filter code, my mistake:

aggregate {  
task\_id =\> "%{taskID}"  
code =\> "  
map['problem\_duration'] = event.get('epoc')  
"  
push\_map\_as\_event\_on\_timeout =\> true  
timeout\_task\_id\_field =\> "event\_id"  
timeout =\> "%{[@metadata][taskID\_timeout]}  
timeout\_tags =\> ['\_aggregatetimeout']  
timeout\_code =\> "event.set('problem\_duration', map['problem\_duration'])"  
}

BR  
TM

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filter-integer-settings-based-on-event-filed-or-metadata/146877/3 "2018-09-28T15:18:16Z")

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