# Marvel problem

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-problem/40832
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [February 3, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-problem/40832 "2016-02-03T08:05:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![tianzongqi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tianzongqi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tianzongqi)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-problem/40832/1 "2016-02-03T08:05:32Z")

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I have settled the marvel plugin for my ES cluster. But I found that everyday there will a marvel index be created.

how can i stop this mavel index created?

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### Author: ![tanguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tanguy/32/6030_2.png) [@tanguy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanguy)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-problem/40832/2 "2016-02-03T13:17:29Z")

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Hi,

You can configure the setting `index.name.time_format` for a given exporter:

```auto
marvel.agent.exporters:
  id1: # default local exporter
    type: local
  
  id2: # example of an http exporter
    type: http # exporter type, local or http
    host: ["http://domain:port",...] # host(s) to send data to over http or https
    index:
      name:
        time_format: <string> # time format suffix for marvel indices (default: "YYYY.MM.dd")

```

If you want monthly indices, use "[YYYY.MM](http://YYYY.MM)".

Tanguy

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-problem/40832/3 "2016-02-03T22:51:14Z")

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However if you stop Marvel from creating the indices altogether, it'll break.  
If you don't want the data, uninstall the plugin.

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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, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/marvel-problem/40832/4 "2017-07-06T13:45:25Z")

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