# Simplifying Filebeat JSON Output Format **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [April 21, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simplifying-filebeat-json-output-format/48085 "2016-04-21T18:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rzaakir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rzaakir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rzaakir)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simplifying-filebeat-json-output-format/48085/1 "2016-04-21T18:16:56Z")
Hello, I am new working with Filebeat and think it is a wonderful tool. I am currently using it to replace a tool that pushes weblogs to Kafka, and I want to just pass the "message" through without the other values. Is this possible? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simplifying-filebeat-json-output-format/48085/2 "2016-04-22T03:20:43Z")
You can use the [include\_fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/configuration-filter.html#include-fields) filter. ```auto filter: - include_fields.fields: ["message"] ``` That will leave `message`, `type`, and `@timestamp` in the event. ---
**Author:** ![rzaakir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@rzaakir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rzaakir)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simplifying-filebeat-json-output-format/48085/3 "2016-04-22T13:56:44Z")
Thanks Andrew! That answers my question.I was hoping to just push the single field as my consumer has no use for the timestamp or type fields but this does get me mostly there.. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simplifying-filebeat-json-output-format/48085/4 "2017-07-05T21:52:51Z")