# Output in kibana not expected

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888 "2025-12-05T14:37:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/1 "2025-12-05T14:37:41Z")

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i use filebeat to parse a json file and the expected output is showing all the fields in the different lines and not as one document

This the input file

```auto
{
  "source": "10.200.10.1:57500",
  "subscription-name": "default-1764331045",
  "timestamp": 1764328788493751000,
  "time": "2025-11-28T12:19:48.493751+01:00",
  "updates": [
    {
      "Path": "interfaces/interface[name=GigabitEthernet0/0]/state/counters/out-
octets",
      "values": {
        "interfaces/interface/state/counters/out-octets": "334577330"
      }
    }
  ]
}
{
  "source": "10.200.10.1:57500",
  "subscription-name": "default-1764331045",
  "timestamp": 1764328788497842000,
  "time": "2025-11-28T12:19:48.497842+01:00"
}
{
  "sync-response": true

```

and this is the filebeat.yml file

```auto
###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

# ============================== Filebeat inputs ===============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input-specific configurations.

# filestream is an input for collecting log messages from files.
- type: filestream

  # Unique ID among all inputs, an ID is required.
  #id: my-filestream-id
  id: multiline-json

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: true

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    #- /var/log/*.log
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\
     - /mnt/nfs_share/gnmic-new8
  multiline:
    pattern: '^\s*\{'
# pattern: '^\{'
    negate: true
    match: after
    max_lines: 500
    timeout: 5s

```

```auto
  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines
  # before parsers, use include_message parser.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines
  # before parsers, use include_message parser.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  # level: debug
  # review: 1

# journald is an input for collecting logs from Journald
#- type: journald

  # Unique ID among all inputs, if the ID changes, all entries
  # will be re-ingested
  #id: my-journald-id

  # The position to start reading from the journal, valid options are:
  # - head: Starts reading at the beginning of the journal.
  # - tail: Starts reading at the end of the journal.
  # This means that no events will be sent until a new message is written.
  # - since: Use also the `since` option to determine when to start reading from.
  #seek: head

  # A time offset from the current time to start reading from.
  # To use since, seek option must be set to since.
  #since: -24h

  # Collect events from the service and messages about the service,
  # including coredumps.
  #units:
# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false

# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
# env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboard archive. By default, this URL
# has a value that is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released

# The URL from where to download the dashboard archive. By default, this URL
# has a value that is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "localhost:5601"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "IdTwHP-t+yWZD0-g4SVe"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
# hosts: ["https://10.200.253.78:9200"]

  # Performance preset - one of "balanced", "throughput", "scale",
  # "latency", or "custom".
  preset: balanced

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"

  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "IdTwHP-t+yWZD0-g4SVe"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt"]

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - drop_fields:
      fields: ["agent.version","agent.type","agent.id","agent.ephemeral_id","log.file.fingerprint","event.original","log.file.inode","log.file.device_id","_id","_ignored","_score","event.original","ecs.version","host","mac","log.file.vol","log.file.idxhi","log.file.idxlo","log.offset"]
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~
  - decode_json_fields:
     fields: ["message"]
     target: ""
     overwrite_keys: true
# ignore_missing: true
# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors, use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publisher", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch outputs are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the filebeat.
#instrumentation:
# Instrumentation support for the filebeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    # - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).
    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:

# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

```

and this is the output in kibana

```auto

```

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/4/44ed034c4c3408849e4073168bde8ab1561f0c70.png)

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/2 "2025-12-06T12:02:54Z")

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Hello @DOkuwa

As per the documentation for multiline the syntax used is wrong & that is the reason it picked up individual line as events :

> **[Manage multiline messages | Filebeat Reference \[8.8\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/8.8/multiline-examples.html)**

As per the documentation i used below :

```auto
 parsers:
    - multiline:
        type: pattern
        pattern: '^{'
        negate: true
        match: after
        max_lines: 500
        timeout: 5s

```

The document is picked up between {} instead of individual line :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/5/d5c0d1070128bb1d9caf5a8b311251fb25c76daf.png)

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/3 "2025-12-08T09:40:47Z")

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good morning

what is the correct syntax

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/4 "2025-12-08T10:34:07Z")

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Hello @DOkuwa

I had used below :

> [@Tortoise](#):
>
> As per the documentation i used below :
> 
> ```auto
> parsers:
> - multiline:
> type: pattern
> pattern: '^{'
> negate: true
> match: after
> max_lines: 500
> timeout: 5s
> 
> ```

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/5 "2025-12-08T14:29:31Z")

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Hi @DOkuwa

Perhaps take a look at this as well

> [@Custom logs ingest: how?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-logs-ingest-how/321928/2):
>
> Hi @Johannnnnn I suspect your first issue is that your JSON is Pretty formatted / multi-line and filebeat is line oriented so it expects the JSON to be single line ndjson. If your file actually looks like above, you're going to have to use a multiline parser or just simply convert it to newline delimited with jq [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-parsing-pretty-json-data/293103/3) are some instructions ignore it for logstash, same concept Once in ndjson see [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-input-filestream.html#_ndjson) If you don't want to do that, then please provide an actual sample of your file with multiple …

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/6 "2025-12-08T17:44:19Z")

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hi,

thanks

the code worked

very well appreciated

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/7 "2025-12-08T18:29:21Z")

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There is a danger with the above code / solution if you get JSON that is not properly indented, it will not work. That is why in general, ndjson is typically the better approach in the long term

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/8 "2025-12-09T11:25:31Z")

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hi,

what is the code of the other option ndjson

Thanks

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/9 "2025-12-09T14:35:05Z")

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Hi @DOkuwa

I'm not clear what you're asking, but once you have ndjson you just use the [parser](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-filestream#_parsers)

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/10 "2025-12-09T14:59:19Z")

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how do you place this ndjson and where

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-in-kibana-not-expected/383888/11 "2025-12-09T15:13:39Z")

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Hi @DOkuwa

In the post I linked above... I gave details

Perhaps some confusion, sorry

You need the source of those logs to write the log file in ndjson format or you need to convert the file using a tool such as `jq` before applying filebeat. That is up to you / your system.

So each line would look like this.

```auto
{"source":"10.200.10.1:57500","subscription-name":"default-1764331045","timestamp":1764328788493751000,"time":"2025-11-28T12:19:48.493751+01:00","updates":[{"Path":"interfaces/interface[name=GigabitEthernet0/0]/state/counters/out-octets","values":{"interfaces/interface/state/counters/out-octets":"334577330"}}]}

```