diff --git a/manifests/5.1/logging.openshift.io_clusterlogforwarders_crd.yaml b/manifests/5.1/logging.openshift.io_clusterlogforwarders_crd.yaml
index ed0d39b3a8..de0b43d689 100644
--- a/manifests/5.1/logging.openshift.io_clusterlogforwarders_crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/5.1/logging.openshift.io_clusterlogforwarders_crd.yaml
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ spec:
                   properties:
                     elasticsearch:
                       properties:
-                        indexKey:
-                          description: IndexKey specifies the metadata key to be used as name of elasticsearch index It takes precedence over IndexName
+                        structuredIndexKey:
+                          description: StructuredIndexKey specifies the metadata key to be used as name of elasticsearch index It takes precedence over StructuredIndexName
                           type: string
-                        indexName:
-                          description: IndexName specifies the name of elasticsearch schema
+                        structuredIndexName:
+                          description: StructuredIndexName specifies the name of elasticsearch schema
                           type: string
                       type: object
                     fluentdForward:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/logging/v1/output_types.go b/pkg/apis/logging/v1/output_types.go
index b4c18e5f64..c25ac4c692 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/logging/v1/output_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/logging/v1/output_types.go
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ type Kafka struct {
 
 type FluentdForward struct{}
 type Elasticsearch struct {
-	// IndexKey specifies the metadata key to be used as name of elasticsearch index
-	// It takes precedence over IndexName
+	// StructuredIndexKey specifies the metadata key to be used as name of elasticsearch index
+	// It takes precedence over StructuredIndexName
 	//
 	// +optional
-	IndexKey string `json:"indexKey,omitempty"`
+	StructuredIndexKey string `json:"structuredIndexKey,omitempty"`
 
-	// IndexName specifies the name of elasticsearch schema
+	// StructuredIndexName specifies the name of elasticsearch schema
 	//
 	// +optional
-	IndexName string `json:"indexName,omitempty"`
+	StructuredIndexName string `json:"structuredIndexName,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf.go b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf.go
index 8a9c252525..3e76b38d60 100644
--- a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf.go
+++ b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/fluent_conf.go
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ func (conf *outputLabelConf) IsElasticSearchOutput() bool {
 	return conf.Target.Type == logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch
 }
 
-func (conf *outputLabelConf) NeedChangeElasticsearchIndexName() bool {
+func (conf *outputLabelConf) NeedChangeElasticsearchStructuredIndexName() bool {
 	return conf.Target.Type == logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch &&
 		conf.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch != nil &&
-		(conf.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.IndexKey != "" || conf.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.IndexName != "")
+		(conf.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.StructuredIndexKey != "" || conf.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.StructuredIndexName != "")
 }
 
 func generateRubyDigArgs(path string) string {
diff --git a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go
index bb2e9bc9cc..a9fa7803e8 100644
--- a/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/generators/forwarding/fluentd/templates.go
@@ -613,15 +613,15 @@ const pipelineToOutputCopyTemplate = `{{- define "pipelineToOutputCopyTemplate"
 
 const outputLabelConfTemplate = `{{- define "outputLabelConf" -}}
 <label {{.LabelName}}>
-  {{- if (.NeedChangeElasticsearchIndexName)}}
+  {{- if (.NeedChangeElasticsearchStructuredIndexName)}}
   <filter **>
     @type record_modifier
 	<record>
-	  indexFromKey     ${record.dig({{.GetKeyVal .Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.IndexKey}})}
-	  hasIndexName     "{{.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.IndexName}}"
-	  viaq_index_name  ${if !record['indexFromKey'].nil?; record['indexFromKey']; elsif record['hasIndexName'] != ""; record['hasIndexName']; else record['viaq_index_name']; end;}
+	  indexFromKey     ${record.dig({{.GetKeyVal .Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.StructuredIndexKey}})}
+	  hasStructuredIndexName     "{{.Target.OutputTypeSpec.Elasticsearch.StructuredIndexName}}"
+	  viaq_index_name  ${if !record['indexFromKey'].nil?; record['indexFromKey']; elsif record['hasStructuredIndexName'] != ""; record['hasStructuredIndexName']; else record['viaq_index_name']; end;}
 	</record>
-	remove_keys indexFromKey, hasIndexName
+	remove_keys indexFromKey, hasStructuredIndexName
   </filter>
   {{- end}}
   {{- if .IsElasticSearchOutput}}
diff --git a/test/functional/outputs/forward_to_elasticsearch_index_test.go b/test/functional/outputs/forward_to_elasticsearch_index_test.go
index dd3684f1f0..e50e0d1b77 100644
--- a/test/functional/outputs/forward_to_elasticsearch_index_test.go
+++ b/test/functional/outputs/forward_to_elasticsearch_index_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var _ = Describe("[Functional][Outputs][ElasticSearch][Index] FluentdForward Out
 	const (
 		elasticSearchTag   = "7.10.1"
 		elasticSearchImage = "elasticsearch:" + elasticSearchTag
-		IndexKey           = "indexkey"
+		StructuredIndexKey = "structuredIndexKey"
 		IndexValue         = "myindex"
 		AppIndex           = "app-write"
 	)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var _ = Describe("[Functional][Outputs][ElasticSearch][Index] FluentdForward Out
 			return func(b *runtime.PodBuilder) error {
 				log.V(2).Info("Adding ElasticSearch output container", "name", logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch)
 				b.AddLabels(map[string]string{
-					IndexKey: IndexValue,
+					StructuredIndexKey: IndexValue,
 				}).
 					AddContainer(logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch, elasticSearchImage).
 					AddEnvVar("discovery.type", "single-node").
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ var _ = Describe("[Functional][Outputs][ElasticSearch][Index] FluentdForward Out
 	})
 
 	Context("when sending to ElasticSearch "+elasticSearchTag+" protocol", func() {
-		It("should send logs to indexName", func() {
-			IndexName := "myindex"
+		It("should send logs to structuredIndexName", func() {
+			StructuredIndexName := "myindex"
 			functional.NewClusterLogForwarderBuilder(framework.Forwarder).
 				FromInput(logging.InputNameApplication).
 				ToOutputWithVisitor(func(spec *logging.OutputSpec) {
 					spec.Elasticsearch = &logging.Elasticsearch{
-						IndexName: IndexName,
+						StructuredIndexName: StructuredIndexName,
 					}
 				}, logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch)
 			Expect(framework.DeployWithVisitor(addElasticSearchContainer)).To(BeNil())
 			Expect(framework.WritesApplicationLogs(1)).To(BeNil())
-			raw, err := framework.GetLogsFromElasticSearchIndex(logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch, IndexName)
+			raw, err := framework.GetLogsFromElasticSearchIndex(logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch, StructuredIndexName)
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "Expected no errors reading the logs")
 			Expect(raw).To(Not(BeEmpty()))
 
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ var _ = Describe("[Functional][Outputs][ElasticSearch][Index] FluentdForward Out
 		})
 	})
 	Context("when sending to ElasticSearch "+elasticSearchTag+" protocol", func() {
-		It("should send to k8s label indexKey", func() {
+		It("should send to k8s label structuredIndexKey", func() {
 			functional.NewClusterLogForwarderBuilder(framework.Forwarder).
 				FromInput(logging.InputNameApplication).
 				ToOutputWithVisitor(func(spec *logging.OutputSpec) {
 					spec.Elasticsearch = &logging.Elasticsearch{
-						IndexKey: fmt.Sprintf("kubernetes.labels.%s", IndexKey),
+						StructuredIndexKey: fmt.Sprintf("kubernetes.labels.%s", StructuredIndexKey),
 					}
 				}, logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch)
 			Expect(framework.DeployWithVisitor(addElasticSearchContainer)).To(BeNil())
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ var _ = Describe("[Functional][Outputs][ElasticSearch][Index] FluentdForward Out
 			outputLogTemplate.ViaqIndexName = ""
 			Expect(outputTestLog).To(matchers.FitLogFormatTemplate(outputLogTemplate))
 		})
-		It("should send to openshift label indexKey", func() {
+		It("should send to openshift label structuredIndexKey", func() {
 			clfb := functional.NewClusterLogForwarderBuilder(framework.Forwarder).
 				FromInput(logging.InputNameApplication).
 				ToOutputWithVisitor(func(spec *logging.OutputSpec) {
 					spec.Elasticsearch = &logging.Elasticsearch{
-						IndexKey: fmt.Sprintf("openshift.labels.%s", IndexKey),
+						StructuredIndexKey: fmt.Sprintf("openshift.labels.%s", StructuredIndexKey),
 					}
 				}, logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch)
 			clfb.Forwarder.Spec.Pipelines[0].Labels = map[string]string{
-				IndexKey: IndexValue,
+				StructuredIndexKey: IndexValue,
 			}
 			Expect(framework.DeployWithVisitor(addElasticSearchContainer)).To(BeNil())
 
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ var _ = Describe("[Functional][Outputs][ElasticSearch][Index] FluentdForward Out
 				Expect(outputTestLog).To(matchers.FitLogFormatTemplate(outputLogTemplate))
 			})
 		})
-		Context("if elasticsearch indexKey wrongly configured", func() {
+		Context("if elasticsearch structuredIndexKey wrongly configured", func() {
 			It("should send logs to app-write", func() {
 				functional.NewClusterLogForwarderBuilder(framework.Forwarder).
 					FromInput(logging.InputNameApplication).
 					ToOutputWithVisitor(func(spec *logging.OutputSpec) {
 						spec.Elasticsearch = &logging.Elasticsearch{
-							IndexKey: "junk",
+							StructuredIndexKey: "junk",
 						}
 					}, logging.OutputTypeElasticsearch)
 				Expect(framework.DeployWithVisitor(addElasticSearchContainer)).To(BeNil())