# Logfile exclude filter example flagged as invalid in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logfile-exclude-filter-example-flagged-as-invalid-in-kibana/173415>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logfile-exclude-filter-example-flagged-as-invalid-in-kibana/173415 "2019-03-22T01:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logfile-exclude-filter-example-flagged-as-invalid-in-kibana/173415/1 "2019-03-22T01:08:27Z")

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From the [blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-audit-trail-and-log-file-filter-policies-explained) the example gets an error in Kibana that I can't figure out.

This sample:

> ```
> PUT /_cluster/settings {
> "transient": {
> "xpack.security.audit.logfile.events.ignore_filters": {
> "single_policy": {
> "users": [
> "_system",
> "_xpack_security"
> ]
> "indices": [
> ".kibana"
> ]
> }
> }
> }
> }
> 
> ```

Immediately gets this error that I can't seem to fix:

 ![syntax](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/8/2818644b781d64882145534ce5514c54cc46e630.png)

Any ideas?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logfile-exclude-filter-example-flagged-as-invalid-in-kibana/173415/2 "2019-03-22T01:14:18Z")

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Never mind....

> ```
> PUT /_cluster/settings 
> {
> "persistent": {
> "xpack.security.audit.logfile.events.ignore_filters": {......
> 
> ```

Moving the { to a new line fixes it.

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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:** [April 19, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logfile-exclude-filter-example-flagged-as-invalid-in-kibana/173415/3 "2019-04-19T01:14:21Z")

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