# Misleading type attribute in filebeat config

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/misleading-type-attribute-in-filebeat-config/33221
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [October 29, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/misleading-type-attribute-in-filebeat-config/33221 "2015-10-29T07:23:31Z")
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### Author: ![owulff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@owulff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/owulff)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/misleading-type-attribute-in-filebeat-config/33221/3 "2015-11-02T13:04:25Z")

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Now the documentation states:

```
"@metadata": {
  "beat": "<beat>",
  "type": "<event type>"
}

```

But with Beta 4 it's:

```
 "@metadata" => {
    "index" => "logstash-2015.11.02",
     "type" => "log"
}

```

Will the attribute "index" change to "beat" with RC/GA?

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