I don't get it, I don't have that in my current ES target for syslog. 
destination d_es {
        elasticsearch2(
                disk-buffer(
                reliable(no) #  If set to no, the normal disk-buffer will be used. This provides a faster, option
                dir("/opt/syslog-ng/buffer")
                disk-buf-size(10485760)
                mem-buf-length(100000) # number of messages stored in overflow queue
                )
                client-mode("http")
                index("syslog-ng_${YEAR}.${MONTH}.${DAY}")
                type("syslog") # Description: The type of the index. For example, type("test")
                template("$(format-json --scope rfc3164 --scope nv-pairs --exclude R_DATE --key ISODATE)\n")
                cluster-url("http://192.168.1.16:9200/")
                concurrent-requests("5") # Number of concurrrent batches
                flush_limit("5000") # The number of messages in a single batch
                skip-cluster-health-check("yes")
                cluster("hal")
                client_lib_dir("/usr/share/elasticsearch/lib")
        );
};

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Fabien Wernli <wernli@in2p3.fr> wrote:
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:50:16AM -0400, Scot wrote:
> destination d_es_beats {
>         elasticsearch2(
>                 disk-buffer(
[...]
>                 index("winlogbeat-${YEAR}.${MONTH}.${DAY}")

just a sidenote here: don't forget to add time-zone(UTC) to your
elasticsearch destination, otherwise you'll have surprises in Kibana

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