# I need to translate codes into descriptions
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-to-translate-codes-into-descriptions/29786
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 22, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-to-translate-codes-into-descriptions/29786 "2015-09-22T14:22:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jjdepaul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jjdepaul)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-to-translate-codes-into-descriptions/29786/1 "2015-09-22T14:22:14Z")
We are processing log files that track how orders flow through the fulfillment workflow. One of the elements we capture is the status code, which is a 2-3 character acronym which translates to a meaningful description - example: OR = Order Received, VS = Validation Successful, OF = Order Failed, etc.
I need to find a way to translate these codes (which may not mean anything to our users) into the descriptions which they represent. I plan on recording this info in ElasticSearch as output and Kibana to search/present results.
Is there concept of a lookup table concept in LS, or ES that I could apply to achieve this nicely?!
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-to-translate-codes-into-descriptions/29786/2 "2015-09-22T14:29:46Z")
Have a look at the [translate filter](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-translate.html).
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### Author:  [@jjdepaul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jjdepaul)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-to-translate-codes-into-descriptions/29786/3 "2015-09-23T15:51:56Z")
It worked like a "charm"... thank you!
Here is my config, for future searchers:
```
filter {
# Parse out the statusCode variable
grok {
match => {
"message" => [
"status=(%{WORD:statusCode})$"
]
}
}
# Translate statusCode variable into statusDescription (new field)
translate {
field => "statusCode"
destination => "statusDescription"
dictionary_path => "order_status_codes.txt"
}
}
```
and my YAML file is simply this:
```
CW: Waiting on Order Desk
CWS: Order Desk successfully completed.
CWF: Order Desk failed.
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-to-translate-codes-into-descriptions/29786/4 "2017-07-06T05:28:15Z")