diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98cc951d..1505a639 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ receivers:
       hosts:
         - http://localhost:9200
       index: kube-events
-      # Ca be used optionally for time based indices, accepts Go time formatting directives
-      indexFormat: "kube-events-{2006-01-02}"
+      # Can be used optionally for time based indices, accepts templates and Go time formatting directives
+      indexFormat: "kube-events-{{ .InvolvedObject.Namespace }}-{2006-01-02}"
       username: # optional
       password: # optional
       # If set to true, it allows updating the same document in ES (might be useful handling count)
diff --git a/pkg/sinks/opensearch.go b/pkg/sinks/opensearch.go
index 6f58507d..ff59f202 100644
--- a/pkg/sinks/opensearch.go
+++ b/pkg/sinks/opensearch.go
@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ type OpenSearch struct {
 
 var osRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s){(.*)}`)
 
-func osFormatIndexName(pattern string, when time.Time) string {
+func osFormatIndexName(newpattern string, when time.Time, ev *kube.EnhancedEvent) (string, error) {
+	// expand values from the event before adding the timestamps
+	pattern, err := GetString(ev, newpattern)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	m := osRegex.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(pattern, -1)
 	current := 0
 	var builder strings.Builder
@@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ func osFormatIndexName(pattern string, when time.Time) string {
 
 	builder.WriteString(pattern[current:])
 
-	return builder.String()
+	return builder.String(), nil
 }
 
 func (e *OpenSearch) Send(ctx context.Context, ev *kube.EnhancedEvent) error {
@@ -107,7 +114,11 @@ func (e *OpenSearch) Send(ctx context.Context, ev *kube.EnhancedEvent) error {
 	var index string
 	if len(e.cfg.IndexFormat) > 0 {
 		now := time.Now()
-		index = osFormatIndexName(e.cfg.IndexFormat, now)
+		var err error
+		index, err = osFormatIndexName(e.cfg.IndexFormat, now, ev)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	} else {
 		index = e.cfg.Index
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sinks/opensearch_test.go b/pkg/sinks/opensearch_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7771087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sinks/opensearch_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package sinks
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/resmoio/kubernetes-event-exporter/pkg/kube"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func makeTestEvent() *kube.EnhancedEvent {
+	ev := &kube.EnhancedEvent{}
+	ev.Namespace = "default"
+	ev.Type = "Warning"
+	ev.InvolvedObject.Kind = "Pod"
+	ev.InvolvedObject.Name = "nginx-server-123abc-456def"
+	ev.Message = "Successfully pulled image \"nginx:latest\""
+	return ev
+}
+
+func TestOpenSearch_LegacyTime(t *testing.T) {
+	p := "legacy-time-pattern-{2006-01-02}"
+	ev := makeTestEvent()
+	w := time.Now()
+
+	r, err := osFormatIndexName(p, w, ev)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("legacy-time-pattern-%d-%02d-%02d", w.Year(), w.Month(), w.Day()), r)
+}
+
+func TestOpenSearch_JustEventInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	p := "{{ .Namespace }}-{{ .InvolvedObject.Kind }}-static"
+	ev := makeTestEvent()
+	w := time.Now()
+
+	r, err := osFormatIndexName(p, w, ev)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "default-Pod-static", r)
+}
+
+func TestOpenSearch_EventAndTime(t *testing.T) {
+	p := "{{ .Namespace }}-{2006-01-02}-{{ .Type }}"
+	ev := makeTestEvent()
+	w := time.Now()
+
+	r, err := osFormatIndexName(p, w, ev)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("default-%d-%02d-%02d-Warning", w.Year(), w.Month(), w.Day()), r)
+}
+
+func TestOpenSearch_InvalidEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	p := "{{ .NotPresent }}-{2006-01-02}"
+	ev := makeTestEvent()
+	w := time.Now()
+
+	_, err := osFormatIndexName(p, w, ev)
+
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "can't evaluate field NotPresent")
+}