# Is it possible to use if else conditional within elastic serach output plugin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 23, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541 "2018-10-23T08:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Panda8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/panda8/32/69427_2.png) [@Panda8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Panda8)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541/1 "2018-10-23T08:13:48Z")

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Hi  
Can following configuration :  
output {  
if([type] == "A"){  
elasticsearch{  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
index =\> "aaa"  
document\_type =\> "\_doc"  
document\_id =\> "11"  
http\_compression =\> true  
manage\_template =\> true  
template =\> "logstash-6.4.2/config/pipelines/Templates"  
template\_name =\> "errt"  
}  
}else if([type]=="B"){  
elasticsearch{  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
index =\> "aaa"  
document\_type =\> "\_doc"  
document\_id =\> "11"  
action =\> "update"  
script\_lang =\> "painless"  
script\_type =\> "inline"  
script =\> ''  
}  
}else{  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}  
}

Be written as :  
output {  
elasticsearch{  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
index =\> "aaa"  
document\_type =\> "\_doc"  
document\_id =\> "11"  
http\_compression =\> true  
if([type] == "A"){  
manage\_template =\> true  
template =\> "logstash-6.4.2/config/pipelines/Templates"  
template\_name =\> "errt"  
}else if([type]=="B"){  
action =\> "update"  
script\_lang =\> "painless"  
script\_type =\> "inline"  
script =\> ' '  
} else{  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

```
	}

```

}

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**Author:** ![redX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/redx/32/21864_2.png) [@redX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/redX)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541/2 "2018-10-23T08:15:19Z")

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Yes: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/event-dependent-configuration.html#conditionals](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/event-dependent-configuration.html#conditionals)

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**Author:** ![Panda8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/panda8/32/69427_2.png) [@Panda8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Panda8)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541/3 "2018-10-23T09:05:19Z")

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It is not allowing if else conditionals inside elasticsearch output plugin. Giving execption on if block line number.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541/4 "2018-10-23T09:19:22Z")

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You can not use conditional within any filter block.

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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:** [November 20, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-if-else-conditional-within-elastic-serach-output-plugin/153541/5 "2018-11-20T09:19:29Z")

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