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Beat Fieldsedit
Contains common beat fields available in all event types.
beat.nameedit
The name of the Beat sending the log messages. If the Beat name is set in the configuration file, then that value is used. If it is not set, the hostname is used. To set the Beat name, use the name
option in the configuration file.
beat.hostnameedit
The hostname as returned by the operating system on which the Beat is running.
beat.timezoneedit
The timezone as returned by the operating system on which the Beat is running.
beat.versionedit
The version of the beat that generated this event.
@timestampedit
type: date
example: August 26th 2016, 12:35:53.332
format: date
required: True
The timestamp when the event log record was generated.
tagsedit
Arbitrary tags that can be set per Beat and per transaction type.
fieldsedit
type: object
Contains user configurable fields.
error Fieldsedit
Error fields containing additional info in case of errors.
error.messageedit
type: text
Error message.
error.codeedit
type: long
Error code.
error.typeedit
type: keyword
Error type.