# I have a question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-a-question/149145>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 19, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-a-question/149145 "2018-09-19T14:54:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![sloppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@sloppy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sloppy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-a-question/149145/1 "2018-09-19T14:54:32Z")

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Novice trying to learn how all this works…

I have WinBeatlog output to send to elesticsearch and I am able to see all my logs in kibana.

What is the purpose of sending them to logstash then having logstash output to ES?  
Why would I want to do this?

Or am I totally not underrating how all of this works.

Sorry for my ignorance.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-a-question/149145/2 "2018-09-19T21:19:00Z")

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> [@sloppy](#):
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> What is the purpose of sending them to logstash then having logstash output to ES?  
> Why would I want to do this?

You can do extra things in Logstash like enhance the data from the beat, and/or send the data to other systems.

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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:** [October 17, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-a-question/149145/3 "2018-10-17T21:19:02Z")

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