# Unhelpful error message for duplicate xpath reference in xml filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unhelpful-error-message-for-duplicate-xpath-reference-in-xml-filter/127389>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unhelpful-error-message-for-duplicate-xpath-reference-in-xml-filter/127389 "2018-04-09T21:29:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unhelpful-error-message-for-duplicate-xpath-reference-in-xml-filter/127389/3 "2018-04-10T13:24:00Z")

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> [@yaauie](#):
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> what is it you're trying to accomplish?

It was [not intentional](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-parsing-xml-data/127383).

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