# If/Else condition for Output to Elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** docker, filebeat
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790 "2021-06-14T06:16:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@valhalla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/valhalla)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790/1 "2021-06-14T06:16:22Z")
Hi team,
Would like to ask for your help with regards on having an `if else` condition on Filebeat’s output to elasticsearch. Would like to check `if fields.age ==10` the output to be one array of hosts else other array of hosts
```auto
If fields.age ==10:
Output.elasticsearch:
Hosts:[“http:es01:9200”]
Else:
Output.elasticsearch:
Hosts: [“es01:9200, es02:9200”]
```
As you can see what I want to do is to check if a variable from an XPATH equals a value.
Thank you for your answer!
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### Author:  [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790/2 "2021-06-14T08:29:07Z")
Hi @valhalla!
I'm afraid you cannot set conditions on host's level. What you can is to use conditions in index'es level ([Configure the Elasticsearch output | Filebeat Reference [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html#indices-option-es)).
C.
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### Author:  [@valhalla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/valhalla)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790/3 "2021-06-14T08:39:29Z")
Thank you Chris!
Can be set conditions on Logstash’s output? Can the same be done in Logstash, but with if/else conditions?
Thank you in advance!
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### Author:  [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790/4 "2021-06-14T09:01:32Z")
Filebeat does not support sending to multiple outputs, you can find more info about this at [Support multiple outputs of the same type (like two independent Logstash clusters) · Issue #1035 · elastic/beats · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/1035).
You can define conditional-like ES indexes in Logstash which is described at [Elasticsearch output plugin | Logstash Reference [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html).
In general, it seems that the only way to achieve sending to multiple hosts is to use 2 different Filebeat instances.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-else-condition-for-output-to-elasticsearch/275790/5 "2021-07-12T11:01:33Z")
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