# Metricbeat sql module - specify database name when connecting to MSSQL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-sql-module-specify-database-name-when-connecting-to-mssql/304336>\
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**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-sql-module-specify-database-name-when-connecting-to-mssql/304336 "2022-05-10T10:44:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![adrianfusco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrianfusco/32/111798_2.png) [@adrianfusco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrianfusco)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-sql-module-specify-database-name-when-connecting-to-mssql/304336/5 "2022-05-10T12:17:30Z")

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Yes, I mean, it was an example. You can pass the database name in the `FROM` sentence also. In this case you should pass the database where you wanna do the query.

Can you check the following thread? [MSSQL monitoring with Metricbeat?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mssql-monitoring-with-metricbeat/252733/5)

It seems that he could do the query against a mssql.

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