# Missing fields option in filebeat xml\_decode

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-fields-option-in-filebeat-xml-decode/269406>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, metricbeat\
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-fields-option-in-filebeat-xml-decode/269406 "2021-04-07T06:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francisco\_Peralta\_Gu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/francisco_peralta_gu/32/83575_2.png) [@Francisco\_Peralta\_Gu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Francisco_Peralta_Gu)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-fields-option-in-filebeat-xml-decode/269406/1 "2021-04-07T06:35:44Z")

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Hi.  
We are facing issues configuring xml\_decode in Filebeat version 7.12.0:

```auto
 instance/beat.go:971 Exiting: Failed to start crawler: starting input failed: Error while initializing input: missing fields option in filebeat.inputs.0.processors.0.decode_xml
Exiting: Failed to start crawler: starting input failed: Error while initializing input: missing fields option in filebeat.inputs.0.processors.0.decode_xml

```

Filebeat.input:

```auto
filebeat.inputs:
    - type: log
      paths:
        - /dumps/**
      processors:
        - decode_xml:
            field: message
            target_field: xml
            ignore_missing: true
            ignore_failure: true

```

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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:** [May 5, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-fields-option-in-filebeat-xml-decode/269406/2 "2021-05-05T08:35:52Z")

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