# Logstash configuration input error with if statement

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-input-error-with-if-statement/246019
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 23, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-input-error-with-if-statement/246019 "2020-08-23T12:55:19Z")
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#### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-configuration-input-error-with-if-statement/246019/5 "2020-08-23T15:57:11Z")

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You cannot use a conditional like that inside an input configuration. See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-cef/181215/5) thread for a way to do this using multiple pipelines.

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