Drop document processor
The drop document processor prevents documents from being indexed when they meet a specific condition, without raising an error.
To configure a condition for dropping documents:
- Select Create → Create processor.
- Select Drop document from the Processor menu.
- Set the Condition for when you want to drop a document. The
Warning
The default is the always condition. Not setting a specific condition results in every document getting dropped from indexing.
This functionality uses the Elasticsearch drop processor internally, but you configure it in Streamlang. Streamlang doesn’t always have 1:1 parity with the ingest processor options and behavior. Refer to Processor limitations and inconsistencies.