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Remove an incorrect event.type from the 'converting' guide #1146

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions docs/converting.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ Here's the recommended approach for converting an existing implementation to {ec

- Review your original event data again
- Consider populating the field based on additional meta-data such as static
information (e.g. add `event.type:syslog` even if syslog events don't mention this fact),
or information gathered from the environment (e.g. host information).
information (e.g. add `event.category:authentication` even if your auth events
don't mention the word "authentication")
- Consider capturing additional environment meta-data, such as information about the
host, container or cloud instance.

. Review other extended fields from any field set you are already using, and
attempt to populate it as well.
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