# Storing or linking User defined Data with Watch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-or-linking-user-defined-data-with-watch/1662>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [June 1, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-or-linking-user-defined-data-with-watch/1662 "2015-06-01T19:18:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![prashant\_sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@prashant\_sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prashant_sharma)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-or-linking-user-defined-data-with-watch/1662/1 "2015-06-01T19:18:25Z")

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Is it possible to store Custom user defined data with a Watch e.g. storing user defined description? Another way would be to create a separate user defined index and associate it as part of watch to persist custom data.  
Is this supported now or will be added in future?

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-or-linking-user-defined-data-with-watch/1662/2 "2015-06-01T19:35:39Z")

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Yes, see the "metadata" property in the request JSON when creating a new watch: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/watch-anatomy.html#watch-definition-example](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/watch-anatomy.html#watch-definition-example)

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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, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storing-or-linking-user-defined-data-with-watch/1662/3 "2017-07-06T13:49:46Z")

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