# Multiline containing xml , Not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-containing-xml-not-working/162477>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-containing-xml-not-working/162477 "2018-12-31T07:06:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Ani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ani)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-containing-xml-not-working/162477/1 "2018-12-31T07:06:24Z")

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I am trying to parse xml logs which are in multiline format. The pattern works fine when I checked on [The Go Playground](https://play.golang.org/) , but not working when I actually start filebeat.

Input log:

2018-12-31 08:49:42,529 DEBUG AAA 2bfba8b1-9dbb-30a1-a49b-18f05bbec18d 3e52f114-d830-ef82-0734-132e39777d7f AO abcOM1 AO1836500704 GetUsersforActivtyWrapper FLOWLOG Post  
2018-12-31 08:49:43,302 DEBUG AAA 2bfba8b1-9dbb-30a1-a49b-18f05bbec18d 3e52f114-d830-ef82-0734-132e39777d7f AO abcOM1 AO1836500704 ParseUMResponse FLOWLOG Post

2018-12-31 08:49:42,529 DEBUG AAA 2bfba8b1-9dbb-30a1-a49b-18f05bbec18d 3e52f114-d830-ef82-0734-132e39777d7f AO abcOM1 AO1836500704 GetUsersforActivtyWrapper FLOWLOG Post

Pattern:  
multiline.pattern: '^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2},[0-9]{3}'  
multiline.negate: true  
multiline.match: after

Output in Kibana:  
xml line is coming as an individual input.

PFA

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Castro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_castro/32/35107_2.png) [@Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_Castro)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-containing-xml-not-working/162477/2 "2019-01-02T11:25:17Z")

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Hi @Ani 🙂

I'll try to configure Filebeat using `console` as output, to detect if it's an issue with the parsing, it doesn't reach Elasticsearch or if it's a Kibana issue.

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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:** [January 30, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-containing-xml-not-working/162477/3 "2019-01-30T11:25:18Z")

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