# Is the docs equal to events?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-docs-equal-to-events/114211>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 5, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-docs-equal-to-events/114211 "2018-01-05T06:43:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robin\_Guo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/robin_guo/32/42297_2.png) [@Robin\_Guo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robin_Guo)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-docs-equal-to-events/114211/1 "2018-01-05T06:43:45Z")

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Hi folks,

we've been used ELK for a while, there is a thing that I am not understood well.

what is the difference between events in metricbeat and docs in ES index?  
Are they the same in terms of expression?  
it's better if anyone can explain it in detail.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-docs-equal-to-events/114211/2 "2018-01-05T07:06:44Z")

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Yes. An event is converted to a JSOn document which is indexed by elasticsearch.

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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:** [February 2, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-docs-equal-to-events/114211/3 "2018-02-02T07:06:50Z")

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Closed on February 2, 2018, 7:06am UTC

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