# PacketBeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat/253678>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat/253678 "2020-10-29T10:53:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nirav.gshah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@nirav.gshah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nirav.gshah)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat/253678/1 "2020-10-29T10:53:08Z")

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Hi Team,

I am trying to use processors to limit data but drop fields and events not working together.

processors:

- drop events:  
regexp:  
system.process.name: "svchost\*"

- drop\_fields:  
fields: ["\_id", "\_index", "\_score"]  
ignore\_missing: True

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Please if anyone can help.

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**Author:** ![nirav.gshah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@nirav.gshah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nirav.gshah)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat/253678/2 "2020-11-02T11:45:38Z")

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Hi Team,

Need some help here

Regards  
Nirav

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat/253678/3 "2020-11-02T23:20:14Z")

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What do you mean by "not working"?

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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:** [December 1, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat/253678/4 "2020-12-01T01:20:29Z")

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