# Manually uploading the template and shard number

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-uploading-the-template-and-shard-number/198712>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-uploading-the-template-and-shard-number/198712 "2019-09-09T14:38:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![kernelpanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@kernelpanic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kernelpanic)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-uploading-the-template-and-shard-number/198712/1 "2019-09-09T14:38:08Z")

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Hello, when we use the manual method to upload the index template it creates the index with one shard - is there a way to change this so I can choose the shard number?

Thanks.

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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:** [October 7, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-uploading-the-template-and-shard-number/198712/2 "2019-10-07T14:38:08Z")

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