# Regarding not using data streams for logs

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-not-using-data-streams-for-logs/334013
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** datastreams
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-not-using-data-streams-for-logs/334013 "2023-05-22T12:17:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Jay\_Timbadia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jay_timbadia/32/86572_2.png) [@Jay\_Timbadia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jay_Timbadia)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-not-using-data-streams-for-logs/334013/1 "2023-05-22T12:17:52Z")

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Hi,

I am using latest version of Elastic Search.

I am trying to Log my application logs to elasticsearch via logstash.

It seems that its using data streams by default to create new indexes with weird index hidden names.

How can I stop using datastream and get the index name as is I am passing in logstash config for my application logs.

Please help!

Jay

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-not-using-data-streams-for-logs/334013/2 "2023-05-22T12:26:40Z")

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Why do you not want to use data streams? What kind of data are you ingesting?

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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: [June 19, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regarding-not-using-data-streams-for-logs/334013/3 "2023-06-19T12:27:34Z")

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