diff --git a/pkg/core/event/event.go b/pkg/core/event/event.go
index 35890b688..325f9e2e6 100644
--- a/pkg/core/event/event.go
+++ b/pkg/core/event/event.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package event
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ const (
 	Body = "body"
 )
 
+var ErrorDropEvent = errors.New("drop event")
+
 type DefaultMeta struct {
 	Properties map[string]interface{} `json:"properties"`
 }
@@ -123,22 +127,12 @@ func (de *DefaultEvent) Release() {
 
 func (de *DefaultEvent) String() string {
 	var sb strings.Builder
-	sb.WriteString("meta:")
-	if de.M != nil {
-		sb.WriteString(de.M.String())
-	}
-	sb.WriteString(";")
-	sb.WriteString("header:")
-	sb.WriteString("{")
-	for k, v := range de.Header() {
-		sb.WriteString(k)
-		sb.WriteString(" : ")
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", v))
-		sb.WriteString(", ")
-	}
-	sb.WriteString("}; body:{")
+	sb.WriteString(`header:`)
+	header, _ := jsoniter.Marshal(de.Header())
+	sb.Write(header)
+	sb.WriteString(`, body:"`)
 	sb.WriteString(string(de.Body()))
-	sb.WriteString("}")
+	sb.WriteString(`"`)
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/client.go b/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/client.go
index ca25e8688..1fe4950d8 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/client.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/client.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	eventer "github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/core/event"
+	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/core/log"
 	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/util/pattern"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -88,9 +90,10 @@ func (c *ClientSet) BulkIndex(ctx context.Context, batch api.Batch) error {
 		headerObj := runtime.NewObject(event.Header())
 
 		// select index
-		idx, err := c.indexPattern.WithObject(headerObj).Render()
+		idx, err := c.indexPattern.WithObject(headerObj).RenderWithStrict()
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.WithMessagef(err, "select index pattern error")
+			log.Error("render index pattern err: %v; event is: %s", err, event.String())
+			continue
 		}
 
 		data, err := c.codec.Encode(event)
@@ -115,6 +118,11 @@ func (c *ClientSet) BulkIndex(ctx context.Context, batch api.Batch) error {
 
 		req.Add(bulkIndexRequest)
 	}
+
+	if req.NumberOfActions() == 0 {
+		return errors.WithMessagef(eventer.ErrorDropEvent, "request to elasticsearch bulk is null")
+	}
+
 	ret, err := req.Do(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index ddfed9994..a65d29391 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package elasticsearch
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	eventer "github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/core/event"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/util/pattern"
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ func (s *Sink) Consume(batch api.Batch) api.Result {
 
 	err := s.cli.BulkIndex(context.TODO(), batch)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, eventer.ErrorDropEvent) {
+			return result.DropWith(err)
+		}
 		return result.Fail(errors.WithMessage(err, "send events to elasticsearch"))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/pipeline.yml b/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25d401480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sink/elasticsearch/pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+sink:
+  type: elasticsearch
+  hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
+  index: "log-${fields.topic}-${+YYYY.MM.DD}"
diff --git a/pkg/sink/kafka/pipeline.yml b/pkg/sink/kafka/pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acf0fd5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sink/kafka/pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+sink:
+  type: kafka
+  brokers: ["127.0.0.1:6400"]
+  topic: "log-${fields.topic}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/sink/kafka/sink.go b/pkg/sink/kafka/sink.go
index f7f160a41..33212e532 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/kafka/sink.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/kafka/sink.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package kafka
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/util/pattern"
 	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -127,8 +126,8 @@ func (s *Sink) Consume(batch api.Batch) api.Result {
 	for _, e := range events {
 		topic, err := s.selectTopic(e)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("select kafka topic error: %+v", err)
-			return result.Fail(err)
+			log.Error("select kafka topic error: %v; event is: %s", err, e.String())
+			continue
 		}
 
 		msg, err := s.cod.Encode(e)
@@ -143,6 +142,10 @@ func (s *Sink) Consume(batch api.Batch) api.Result {
 		})
 	}
 
+	if len(km) == 0 {
+		return result.DropWith(errors.New("send to kafka message batch is null"))
+	}
+
 	if s.writer != nil {
 		err := s.writer.WriteMessages(context.Background(), km...)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -156,5 +159,5 @@ func (s *Sink) Consume(batch api.Batch) api.Result {
 }
 
 func (s *Sink) selectTopic(e api.Event) (string, error) {
-	return s.topicPattern.WithObject(runtime.NewObject(e.Header())).Render()
+	return s.topicPattern.WithObject(runtime.NewObject(e.Header())).RenderWithStrict()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/pattern/pattern.go b/pkg/util/pattern/pattern.go
index 5cf045f76..e0ea60ec5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/pattern/pattern.go
+++ b/pkg/util/pattern/pattern.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pattern
 import (
 	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"github.com/loggie-io/loggie/pkg/util/time"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ const (
 	kindObject = "object"
 )
 
+var ErrEmptyMatcher = errors.New("render matcher is empty")
+
 type Pattern struct {
 	Raw            string
 	isConstVal     bool
@@ -141,7 +144,18 @@ func makeMatch(m []string) matcher {
 	return item
 }
 
+// RenderWithStrict any placeholder rendering empty will return an error
+func (p *Pattern) RenderWithStrict() (string, error) {
+	return p.render(true)
+}
+
 func (p *Pattern) Render() (string, error) {
+	return p.render(false)
+}
+
+// Render to actual results based on placeholders
+// If `strict` is set to true, any placeholder rendering empty will return an error.
+func (p *Pattern) render(strict bool) (string, error) {
 	if p.isConstVal || len(p.matcher) == 0 {
 		return p.Raw, nil
 	}
@@ -164,6 +178,10 @@ func (p *Pattern) Render() (string, error) {
 			alt = p.K8sMatcherRender(m.key)
 		}
 
+		if alt == "" && strict {
+			return "", errors.WithMessagef(ErrEmptyMatcher, "with %s", m.keyWrap)
+		}
+
 		// add old
 		oldNew = append(oldNew, m.keyWrap)
 		// add new
diff --git a/pkg/util/pattern/pattern_test.go b/pkg/util/pattern/pattern_test.go
index b8a614e00..e14e76126 100644
--- a/pkg/util/pattern/pattern_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/pattern/pattern_test.go
@@ -207,6 +207,43 @@ func TestObjectPattern(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestObjectPatternWithStrict(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		pattern string
+		obj     *runtime.Object
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "got object fields",
+			args: args{
+				pattern: "${a.b}-${a.none}",
+				obj: runtime.NewObject(map[string]interface{}{
+					"a": map[string]interface{}{
+						"b": "c",
+					}}),
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p, err := Init(tt.args.pattern)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("init pattern error: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			_, err = p.WithObject(tt.args.obj).RenderWithStrict()
+			assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrEmptyMatcher)
+
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestK8sPattern(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testpod := &corev1.Pod{}