# Tags vs Fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tags-vs-fields/24014>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 19, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tags-vs-fields/24014 "2015-06-19T19:48:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaellizhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michaellizhou/32/4143_2.png) [@michaellizhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaellizhou)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tags-vs-fields/24014/3 "2015-06-22T13:53:39Z")

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Still confused probably both can be used to quickly query for a specific attribute. Does this mean I should only add fields when I do not need to do conditionals in my filter? Otherwise if i just need to quickly search I can do it through a field? Or if my purpose is to find an event, on say kibana, I should use a field or tag? Thanks

Mike

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