# Logstash filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter/41873>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 16, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter/41873 "2016-02-16T11:08:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kishore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kishore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kishore)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter/41873/1 "2016-02-16T11:08:46Z")

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I want to capture the events based time period, for example 5 events in 5 mins, which filter can be useful for this scenario.

I tried throttle filter 'period' option but that is not opt for my scenario.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter/41873/2 "2017-07-06T05:11:14Z")

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