# Setting a field as non analyzed before sending it to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 30, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336 "2016-05-30T15:35:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pecwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@pecwich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pecwich)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336/1 "2016-05-30T15:35:29Z")

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How can I Set a field as non-analyzed in Logstash before sending it to elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336/2 "2016-05-31T01:29:14Z")

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You cannot, that only happens on the ES side.

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**Author:** ![pecwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@pecwich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pecwich)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336/3 "2016-05-31T06:04:11Z")

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Not even in Logstash v 2.3??

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336/4 "2016-05-31T06:15:46Z")

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No, not analysed is an ES concept, in LS it is just a string.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336/5 "2016-06-01T05:51:51Z")

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You need to use index templates to change how fields are mapped.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-field-as-non-analyzed-before-sending-it-to-elasticsearch/51336/6 "2017-07-06T04:55:03Z")

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