---
title: Raw fields
description: These fields contain the raw transaction data. 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/pull/50166/reference/packetbeat/exported-fields-raw
products:
  - Beats
  - Packetbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Raw fields
These fields contain the raw transaction data.
<definitions>
  <definition term="request">
    For text protocols, this is the request as seen on the wire (application layer only). For binary protocols this is our representation of the request.
    type: text
  </definition>
  <definition term="response">
    For text protocols, this is the response as seen on the wire (application layer only). For binary protocols this is our representation of the request.
    type: text
  </definition>
</definitions>