# Manage list of value in a watcher

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manage-list-of-value-in-a-watcher/361427>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [June 13, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manage-list-of-value-in-a-watcher/361427 "2024-06-13T14:10:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manage-list-of-value-in-a-watcher/361427/1 "2024-06-13T14:10:01Z")

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Hello,  
I want to create a watcher that checks some patterns and get IPs, but I want to exclude a list of IPs.  
Is there any way to manage this list of IP out of the watcher or in a parameter and that will be retrieved during the watcher execution ?

Thank you.