# Querying elastic search DB using the index name - failing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elastic-search-db-using-the-index-name-failing/119799>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elastic-search-db-using-the-index-name-failing/119799 "2018-02-14T13:04:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-elastic-search-db-using-the-index-name-failing/119799/2 "2018-02-14T13:27:15Z")

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