# JDBC input is not working when added with Kafka input
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221 "2021-07-21T03:50:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@adityaPsl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adityaPsl)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221/1 "2021-07-21T03:50:33Z")
Hello Team,
I am trying to configure multiple inputs in a pipeline
```auto
input {
jdbc {
}
kafka {
}
kafka {
}
}
```
but when i run the pipeline only kafka messages i am getting and jdbc input is not working.
Could you please help me understand if we can have different types of inputs in single pipeline.
Thank you ,
Aditya
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### Author:  [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221/2 "2021-07-21T15:29:27Z")
You should consider setting up multiple pipelines.
> **[Multiple Pipelines | Logstash Reference \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/multiple-pipelines.html)**
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### Author:  [@adityaPsl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adityaPsl)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221/3 "2021-07-21T17:52:02Z")
Thank you @AquaX for your reply.
Yes, i am considering that, just one thing, I want to reuse same filter and ouput section,, even I am looking at sending data from one pipeline to another pipeline , but it is again just taking one input section to another file, so was thinking of adding jdbc section to the same input section.
any thoughts, on this approach
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### Author:  [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221/4 "2021-07-21T21:08:23Z")
I think the problem is that the kafka and jdbc input plugins both work differently. The JDBC works on a schedule while the kafka does not.
I'm sure you can get them to work but you may need to set a schedule for the JDBC plugin and then wait for that to execute.
The pipeline-pipeline communication could work as well. Check out this example:
> **[Pipeline-to-Pipeline Communication | Logstash Reference \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/pipeline-to-pipeline.html#collector-pattern)**
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-input-is-not-working-when-added-with-kafka-input/279221/5 "2021-08-18T21:08:49Z")
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