# Sending JSON to Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-json-to-elasticsearch/149520>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 21, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-json-to-elasticsearch/149520 "2018-09-21T21:29:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![koocaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@koocaroo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/koocaroo)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-json-to-elasticsearch/149520/1 "2018-09-21T21:29:39Z")

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I have JSON logs that i would like to send to ElasticSearch with filebeat, but when i do, all the fields in the JSON do not actually become searchable fields in ES/Kibana. How do i make the fields from the JSON into search fields that i can use with timelion, visualizations, etc?

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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:** [September 22, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-json-to-elasticsearch/149520/2 "2018-09-22T06:11:21Z")

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You can use the [decode\_json\_fields processor](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.4/decode-json-fields.html) in Filebeat.

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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:** [October 20, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-json-to-elasticsearch/149520/3 "2018-10-20T06:11:22Z")

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