# Splitting up winlogbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/splitting-up-winlogbeat/143000>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 4, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/splitting-up-winlogbeat/143000 "2018-08-04T03:42:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajhstn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ajhstn/32/24629_2.png) [@ajhstn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajhstn)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/splitting-up-winlogbeat/143000/1 "2018-08-04T03:42:42Z")

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I think i have to split up my index, because i was seeing errors about there being too many fields. I was collecting all of security, system, application, and a bunch of other windows logs into a single index, and i think the fields was well over 1000.

@andrewkroh your solution to topic:[How to separate Winlogbeat logs to different ES indexes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-separate-winlogbeat-logs-to-different-es-indexes/71529) . was excellent and got me started, however i have a following issue now.

Here is my `winlogbeat.yml` regarding `output.elasticsearch`

```
output.elasticsearch:
  #Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["IP:9200"]
  indices:
    - index: "winlogbeat-security-%{[beat.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
      when.equals:
        log_name: "Security"
    - index: "winlogbeat-application-%{[beat.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
      when.equals:
        log_name: "Application"
    - index: "winlogbeat-system-%{[beat.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
      when.equals:
        log_name: "System"

```

In Kibana i have setup index patterns for;

- winlogbeat-\* (i need this one to catch everything other than the below)
- winlogbeat-security-\*
- winlogbeat-application-\*
- winlogbeat-system-\*

My issue is obviously that `winlogbeat-*` matches everything. I figure i can do `winlogbeat-6.3.0-*` but wondering if this is the best way to "catch everything else".

Setting aside all of the above however, i am still seeking guidance if my splitting strategy above is even a good one, because now i am struggling to create visuals across multiple indicies.

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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:** [September 1, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/splitting-up-winlogbeat/143000/2 "2018-09-01T03:42:50Z")

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