# Why log stash is tracking columns other file.conf

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-log-stash-is-tracking-columns-other-file-conf/200154>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-log-stash-is-tracking-columns-other-file-conf/200154 "2019-09-19T08:50:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-log-stash-is-tracking-columns-other-file-conf/200154/1 "2019-09-19T08:50:36Z")

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Dear All.

i recently run tracking columns query with Logstash.conf file but when i tried with other logstash1.conf file then it is through error why.

i having difficulty to start my POC.

```
Failed to execute action {:action=>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline_id:main, :exception=>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=>"Expected one of #, if, \", ', } at line 23, column 2 (byte 765) after output {\r\n elasticsearch {\r\n hosts => [\"192.168.15.75:9200\"]\r\n index => \"dbdataindex_caremanager\" \r\n\t\r\n \r\n}", :backtrace=>["C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:41:in `compile_imperative'", "C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:49:in `compile_graph'", "C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2577:in `map'", "C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:10:in `compile_sources'", "org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java:151:in `initialize'", "org/logstash/execution/JavaBasePipelineExt.java:47:in `initialize'", "C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:23:in `initialize'", "C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:36:in `execute'", "C:/Users/Ramesh.kumar/Downloads/Elasticsearch/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:325:in `block in converge_state'"]}
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-log-stash-is-tracking-columns-other-file-conf/200154/2 "2019-10-17T08:50:46Z")

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