# Should I keep beat version in index-template?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-keep-beat-version-in-index-template/290335
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** winlogbeat
**Created:** [November 27, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-keep-beat-version-in-index-template/290335 "2021-11-27T16:27:37Z")
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### Author: ![noFancyStuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@noFancyStuff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/noFancyStuff)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-keep-beat-version-in-index-template/290335/1 "2021-11-27T16:27:37Z")

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Hi there,

Hi have a very basic ES setup with winlogbeat configured with default options everywhere.  
By default, Winlogbeat loads index templates named `winlogbeat-%{[agent.version]}-*` in ES. Because of that, any changes I would make on the template will be lost next time winlogbeat is upgraded, right ?  
So can I just deactivate the automatic template loading and create one myself ? I assume there might be a good reason why a new template is created on each upgrade though ?

My ultimate goal is simply to specify an ingest pipeline because some data is not the right type.

Thanks

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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: [December 25, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-keep-beat-version-in-index-template/290335/2 "2021-12-25T18:28:21Z")

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