# Q on using indices as logical separation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/q-on-using-indices-as-logical-separation/192783>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/q-on-using-indices-as-logical-separation/192783 "2019-07-29T22:37:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Zmuda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_zmuda/32/48959_2.png) [@Mike\_Zmuda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Zmuda)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/q-on-using-indices-as-logical-separation/192783/1 "2019-07-29T22:37:20Z")

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Hopefully a simple question on using indices as logical separation within ES. If I understand the purpose of an index correctly, we should be able to use it for logical separation, ie a 'storage' index, 'compute' index, etc.

To set up a custom index, is the process create index -\> set up the \*beats.yml config file with the following:

output.elasticsearch:  
index: “mynewindex”

setup.template:  
name: “mynewindex”  
pattern: “mynewindex-\*”  
enabled: true

Primarily I want to make sure I'm using the index in the correct way and there's not another more appropriate message for logical separation.

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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:** [August 26, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/q-on-using-indices-as-logical-separation/192783/2 "2019-08-26T22:37:25Z")

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Closed on August 26, 2019, 10:37pm UTC

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