# Renaming top level field only

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-top-level-field-only/174609>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 29, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-top-level-field-only/174609 "2019-03-29T21:05:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ga\_Mer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Ga\_Mer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ga_Mer)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-top-level-field-only/174609/1 "2019-03-29T21:05:22Z")

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I have an conflict on the ES side with a field called data (a string) conflicting with other fields that start with `data` (such as `data.v1.chartSettingsInput.mountainColor`. Is there anyway in filebeat to do a rename only on the data field without renaming the other dot delimited fields that start with `data`? Running **6.6.2**

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**Author:** ![Michal\_Pristas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michal_pristas/32/46639_2.png) [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-top-level-field-only/174609/2 "2019-04-01T13:39:48Z")

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I'm sorry I don't believe this scenario will be possible.  
configuration can contain another values or value itself but it cannot be both.

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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:** [April 29, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-top-level-field-only/174609/3 "2019-04-29T13:39:51Z")

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