# Moving fields to root

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-fields-to-root/283663>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-fields-to-root/283663 "2021-09-08T13:20:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vijay\_kaali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vijay_kaali/32/59998_2.png) [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-fields-to-root/283663/1 "2021-09-08T13:20:11Z")

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i have metricbeat installed and for desupported version RHEL 4 we collect it via custom script  
we ingest them with type name devbeat and in elk it is showing all fields prefixed with devbeat.  
how to avoid prefixing type in elk

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**Author:** ![vijay\_kaali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vijay_kaali/32/59998_2.png) [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-fields-to-root/283663/2 "2021-09-21T05:14:33Z")

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Any help ?

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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 19, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-fields-to-root/283663/3 "2021-10-19T05:15:12Z")

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