diff --git a/lib/ns_format.js b/lib/ns_format.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e8c703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ns_format.js
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+const counters = function (key, value, ts, bucket) {
+    if (value) {
+        var listKeys = key.split('.');
+        var act = listKeys.slice(3, listKeys.length).join('.');
+        bucket.push({
+            "ns": listKeys[0] || '',
+            "grp":listKeys[1] || '',
+            "tgt":listKeys[2] || '',
+            "act":act || '',
+            "val": value,
+            "@timestamp": ts
+        });
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+};
+
+const timers = function (key, series, ts, bucket) {
+    let counter = 0;
+    var listKeys = key.split('.');
+    var act = listKeys.slice(3, listKeys.length).join('.');
+    for (let keyTimer in series) {
+        if (series[keyTimer]) {
+            bucket.push({
+                "ns": listKeys[0] || '',
+                "grp":listKeys[1] || '',
+                "tgt":listKeys[2] || '',
+                "act":act || '',
+                "val": series[keyTimer],
+                "@timestamp": ts
+            });
+            counter++;
+        }
+    }
+    return counter;
+};
+
+const timer_data = function (key, value, ts, bucket) {
+    var listKeys = key.split('.');
+    var act = listKeys.slice(3, listKeys.length).join('.');
+    value["@timestamp"] = ts;
+    value["ns"]  = listKeys[0] || '';
+    value["grp"] = listKeys[1] || '';
+    value["tgt"] = listKeys[2] || '';
+    value["act"] = act || '';
+    let shouldPush = false;
+    if (value['histogram']) {
+        for (var keyH in value['histogram']) {
+            shouldPush = shouldPush || !!value['histogram'][keyH];
+            value[keyH] = value['histogram'][keyH];
+        }
+        delete value['histogram'];
+    }
+
+    if (shouldPush) {
+        bucket.push(value);
+    }
+};
+
+exports.counters = counters;
+exports.timers = timers;
+exports.timer_data = timer_data;
+exports.gauges = counters;
diff --git a/scipts/es-index-ns-template.sh b/scipts/es-index-ns-template.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3f277a
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+++ b/scipts/es-index-ns-template.sh
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+curl -XPUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "${ES_HOST:-localhost}:${ES_PORT:-9200}/_template/statsd-template" -d '
+{
+    "index_patterns" : ["*-statsd-*"],
+    "settings" : {
+        "number_of_shards" : 1
+    },
+    "mappings" : {
+        "_source" : { "enabled" : true },
+        "properties" : {
+            "type": {
+                "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "@timestamp": {
+                "type": "date"
+            },
+            "val": {
+                "type": "double",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "tgt": {
+              "index": "true",
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "act": {
+              "index": "true",
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "grp": {
+              "index": "true",
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "ns": {
+              "index": "true",
+              "type": "keyword"
+            },
+            "count_ps": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "count": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "upper": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "lower": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "mean": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "median": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "std": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "sum": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "mean_90": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "upper_90": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "sum_90": {
+                "type": "float",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "bin_100": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "bin_500": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "bin_1000": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "index": "true"
+            },
+            "bin_inf": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "index": "true"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}'