[role="xpack"]
[[stats-export]]
== Collecting Data from Particular Indices

By default, the monitoring agent collects data from all {es} indices.
To collect data from particular indices, configure the
`xpack.monitoring.collection.indices` setting in `elasticsearch.yml`.
You can specify multiple indices as a comma-separated list or
use an index pattern to match multiple indices:

[source,yaml]
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xpack.monitoring.collection.indices: logstash-*, index1, test2
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You can prepend `+` or `-` to explicitly include or exclude index
names or patterns. For example, to include all indices that
start with `test` except `test3`, you could specify `+test*,-test3`.
