# Windows.service.user would be awesome

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-service-user-would-be-awesome/148642>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-service-user-would-be-awesome/148642 "2018-09-14T15:06:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-service-user-would-be-awesome/148642/1 "2018-09-14T15:06:53Z")

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Hello,

I was working with the Metricbeat windows service metricset and I think it would be a nice addition if the user which is configured to run the service could be added? The field could be called

`windows.service.user.name`

Is there already a plan to add this, if not can I make a GitHub issue for it?

Grtz

Willem

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-service-user-would-be-awesome/148642/2 "2018-09-17T17:37:03Z")

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Hi @willemdh,

Thanks for the suggestion. I wonder if it overlaps with the `system.process.username` field, but in any case I think it can be handy if system module cannot be used.  
Feel free to open an issue to add it 🙂

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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-service-user-would-be-awesome/148642/3 "2018-09-19T21:16:10Z")

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Hey Jaime,

Shouldn't `system.process.username` be called `system.process.user.name` (following ecs guidelines?)

Created the issue =\> [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/8364](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/8364)

Tx and grtz

Willem

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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:** [October 17, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-service-user-would-be-awesome/148642/4 "2018-10-17T21:16:14Z")

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