# Logstash xml input configuration: for multiple documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-input-configuration-for-multiple-documents/243119>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-input-configuration-for-multiple-documents/243119 "2020-07-29T20:07:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-input-configuration-for-multiple-documents/243119/4 "2020-07-29T21:05:50Z")

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logstash will have placed all of the parsed XML inside the top-level theXML field. If you want the object to be moved to the top level you can use a ruby filter, like [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-dynamically-move-nested-key-value-to-root-level/180006/2).

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