# Is there a way to report the datatype mapping from my data generator to Logstash?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-report-the-datatype-mapping-from-my-data-generator-to-logstash/202710>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-report-the-datatype-mapping-from-my-data-generator-to-logstash/202710 "2019-10-08T18:05:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@Bob2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bob2)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-report-the-datatype-mapping-from-my-data-generator-to-logstash/202710/1 "2019-10-08T18:05:14Z")

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Hello,

Short question: Is there a way to report the datatype mapping from my data generator to Logstash? I don't want to use grok on Logstash since my data generator already knows the datatype and I don't want the need to touch Logstrash.

Thanks in advance 🙂

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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 5, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-report-the-datatype-mapping-from-my-data-generator-to-logstash/202710/2 "2019-11-05T18:05:15Z")

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