# Problem in Templates for Indices Named other than logstash-\*
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-templates-for-indices-named-other-than-logstash/44366
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-templates-for-indices-named-other-than-logstash/44366 "2016-03-14T20:21:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Madhuri\_Vemuri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Madhuri_Vemuri)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-templates-for-indices-named-other-than-logstash/44366/1 "2016-03-14T20:21:00Z")
Is there any other way that I can mention my index in the template
Continuing the discussion from [Kibana visualizations splitting fields with dashes in them with index name other than logstash-\*](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualizations-splitting-fields-with-dashes-in-them-with-index-name-other-than-logstash/44365):
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-templates-for-indices-named-other-than-logstash/44366/2 "2016-03-15T04:11:17Z")
It'd be better if you could answer things in the other thread.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-templates-for-indices-named-other-than-logstash/44366/3 "2017-07-05T23:08:29Z")