diff --git a/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs b/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs
index c43e6236..81d0a6fb 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 using Elastic.Channels;
 using Elastic.Channels.Buffers;
 using Elastic.Channels.Diagnostics;
+using Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.DataStreams;
+using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.Indices;
 using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.Serialization;
 using Elastic.Transport;
 using Elastic.Transport.Products.Elasticsearch;
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchTarget : TargetWithLayout
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		public override Layout Layout { get => _layout; set => _layout = value as Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog.EcsLayout ?? _layout; }
 		private Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog.EcsLayout _layout = new Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog.EcsLayout();
-		private EcsDataStreamChannel<NLogEcsDocument>? _channel;
+		private IBufferedChannel<NLogEcsDocument>? _channel;
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets or sets the connection pool type. Default for multiple nodes is <c>Sniffing</c>; other supported values are
@@ -51,6 +53,41 @@ public class ElasticsearchTarget : TargetWithLayout
 		/// <summary> User-configurable arbitrary grouping</summary>
 		public Layout? DataStreamNamespace { get; set; } = "default";
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets or sets the format string for the Elastic search index. The current <c>DateTimeOffset</c> is passed as parameter 0.
+		/// 
+		/// <para> Example: "dotnet-{0:yyyy.MM.dd}"</para>
+		/// <para> If no {0} parameter is defined the index name is effectively fixed</para>
+		/// </summary>
+		public Layout? IndexFormat { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets or sets the offset to use for the index <c>DateTimeOffset</c>. Default value is null, which uses the system local offset.
+		/// Use "0" for UTC.
+		/// </summary>
+		public Layout? IndexOffsetHours { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Control the operation header for each bulk operation. Default value is Auto.
+		///
+		/// <para> Can explicit specify Auto, Index or Create</para>
+		/// </summary>
+		public OperationMode IndexOperation { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets or sets the optional override of the per document `_id`.
+		/// </summary>
+		public Layout? IndexEventId
+		{
+			get => _layout.EventId;
+			set
+			{
+				_layout.EventId = value;
+				_hasIndexEventId = value is not null;
+			}
+		}
+		private bool _hasIndexEventId;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The maximum number of in flight instances that can be queued in memory. If this threshold is reached, events will be dropped
 		/// <para>Defaults to <c>100_000</c></para>
@@ -124,7 +161,7 @@ public Layout? CloudId
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Provide callbacks to further configure <see cref="DataStreamChannelOptions{TEvent}"/>
 		/// </summary>
-		public Action<DataStreamChannelOptions<NLogEcsDocument>>? ConfigureChannel { get; set; }
+		public Action<ElasticsearchChannelOptionsBase<NLogEcsDocument>>? ConfigureChannel { get; set; }
 
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="IChannelDiagnosticsListener"/>
 		public IChannelDiagnosticsListener? DiagnosticsListener => _channel?.DiagnosticsListener;
@@ -132,10 +169,9 @@ public Layout? CloudId
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		protected override void InitializeTarget()
 		{
-			var ilmPolicy = IlmPolicy?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent());
-			var dataStreamType = DataStreamType?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
-			var dataStreamSet = DataStreamSet?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
-			var dataStreamNamespace = DataStreamNamespace?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
+			var indexFormat = IndexFormat?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
+			var indexOffsetHours = IndexOffsetHours?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
+			var indexOffset = string.IsNullOrEmpty(indexOffsetHours) ? default(TimeSpan?) : TimeSpan.FromHours(int.Parse(indexOffsetHours));
 
 			var connectionPool = CreateNodePool();
 			var config = new TransportConfiguration(connectionPool, productRegistration: ElasticsearchProductRegistration.Default);
@@ -144,11 +180,18 @@ protected override void InitializeTarget()
 				config = SetAuthenticationOnTransport(config);
 
 			var transport = new DistributedTransport<TransportConfiguration>(config);
-			var channelOptions = new DataStreamChannelOptions<NLogEcsDocument>(transport)
+			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(indexFormat))
 			{
-				DataStream = new DataStreamName(dataStreamType, dataStreamSet, dataStreamNamespace),
-				WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, logEvent) => await logEvent.SerializeAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false),
-			};
+				_channel = CreateIndexChannel(transport, indexFormat, indexOffset, IndexOperation);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				_channel = CreateDataStreamChannel(transport);
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void SetupChannelOptions(ElasticsearchChannelOptionsBase<NLogEcsDocument> channelOptions)
+		{
 			if (InboundBufferMaxSize > 0)
 				channelOptions.BufferOptions.InboundBufferMaxSize = InboundBufferMaxSize;
 			if (OutboundBufferMaxSize > 0)
@@ -160,10 +203,43 @@ protected override void InitializeTarget()
 			if (ExportMaxRetries >= 0)
 				channelOptions.BufferOptions.ExportMaxRetries = ExportMaxRetries;
 			ConfigureChannel?.Invoke(channelOptions);
+		}
 
+		private EcsDataStreamChannel<NLogEcsDocument> CreateDataStreamChannel(DistributedTransport<TransportConfiguration> transport)
+		{
+			var ilmPolicy = IlmPolicy?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent());
+			var dataStreamType = DataStreamType?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
+			var dataStreamSet = DataStreamSet?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
+			var dataStreamNamespace = DataStreamNamespace?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
+			var channelOptions = new DataStreamChannelOptions<NLogEcsDocument>(transport)
+			{
+				DataStream = new DataStreamName(dataStreamType, dataStreamSet, dataStreamNamespace),
+				WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, logEvent) => await logEvent.SerializeAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false),
+			};
+			SetupChannelOptions(channelOptions);
 			var channel = new EcsDataStreamChannel<NLogEcsDocument>(channelOptions, new[] { new InternalLoggerCallbackListener<NLogEcsDocument>() });
 			channel.BootstrapElasticsearch(BootstrapMethod, ilmPolicy);
-			_channel = channel;
+			return channel;
+		}
+
+		private EcsIndexChannel<NLogEcsDocument> CreateIndexChannel(DistributedTransport<TransportConfiguration> transport, string indexFormat, TimeSpan? indexOffset, OperationMode indexOperation)
+		{
+			var indexChannelOptions = new IndexChannelOptions<NLogEcsDocument>(transport)
+			{
+				IndexFormat = indexFormat,
+				IndexOffset = indexOffset,
+				WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, logEvent) => await logEvent.SerializeAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false),
+				TimestampLookup = l => l.Timestamp,
+				OperationMode = indexOperation,
+			};
+
+			if (_hasIndexEventId)
+			{
+				indexChannelOptions.BulkOperationIdLookup = (logEvent) => (logEvent.Event?.Id)!;
+			}
+
+			SetupChannelOptions(indexChannelOptions);
+			return new EcsIndexChannel<NLogEcsDocument>(indexChannelOptions);
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/README.md b/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/README.md
index dd15a9e1..d0aa2226 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/README.md
+++ b/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ var logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
     - Cloud - Pool seeded with CloudId
   - _NodeUris_ - URIs of the Elasticsearch nodes in the connection pool (comma delimited)
   - _CloudId_ - When using NodePoolType = Cloud
+  - _BootstrapMethod_ - Whether to configure / bootstrap the destination, which requires user has management capabilities (None, Silent, Failure). Default = None
 
 * **Export Authentication**
   - _ApiKey_ - When using NodePoolType = Cloud and authentication via API key.
@@ -67,10 +68,16 @@ var logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
   - _ExportMaxRetries_ - Max number of times to retry an export. Default = 3
 
 * **Export DataStream**
-  - _DataStreamType_ - Generic type describing the data. Defaults = 'logs'
+  - _DataStreamType_ - Generic type describing the data. Default = 'logs'
   - _DataStreamSet_ - Describes the data ingested and its structure. Default = 'dotnet'
   - _DataStreamNamespace_ - User-configurable arbitrary grouping. Default = 'default'
 
+* **Export Index**
+  - _IndexFormat_ - Format string for the Elastic search index (Ex. `dotnet-{0:yyyy.MM.dd}` or blank means disabled). Default = ''
+  - _IndexOffsetHours_ - Time offset to use for the index (Ex. `0` for UTC or blank means system local). Default = ''
+  - _IndexOperation_ - Operation header for each bulk operation (Auto, Index, Create). Default = Auto
+  - _IndexEventId_ - Optional override of the per document `_id`
+
 Notice that export depends on in-memory queue, that is lost on application-crash / -exit.
 If higher gurantee of delivery is required, then consider using [Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog)
 together with NLog FileTarget and use [filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/beats/filebeat) to ship these logs.
diff --git a/tests-integration/Elastic.NLog.Targets.IntegrationTests/LoggingToIndexIngestionTests.cs b/tests-integration/Elastic.NLog.Targets.IntegrationTests/LoggingToIndexIngestionTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9befd54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-integration/Elastic.NLog.Targets.IntegrationTests/LoggingToIndexIngestionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Elastic.Channels.Diagnostics;
+using Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch.IndexManagement;
+using Elastic.CommonSchema;
+using Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace NLog.Targets.Elastic.IntegrationTests
+{
+	public class LoggingToIndexIngestionTests : TestBase
+	{
+		public LoggingToIndexIngestionTests(LoggingCluster cluster, ITestOutputHelper output) : base(cluster, output) { }
+
+		[Fact]
+		public async Task EnsureDocumentsEndUpInIndex()
+		{
+			var indexPrefix = "catalog-data-";
+			var indexFormat = indexPrefix + "{0:yyyy.MM.dd}";
+
+			using var _ = CreateLogger(out var logger, out var provider, out var @namespace, out var waitHandle, out var listener, (cfg) =>
+			{
+				cfg.IndexFormat = indexFormat;
+				cfg.DataStreamType = "x";
+				cfg.DataStreamSet = "dotnet";
+				var nodesUris = string.Join(",", Client.ElasticsearchClientSettings.NodePool.Nodes.Select(n => n.Uri.ToString()).ToArray());
+				cfg.NodeUris = nodesUris;
+				cfg.NodePoolType = ElasticPoolType.Static;
+			});
+
+			var date = DateTimeOffset.Now;
+			var indexName = string.Format(indexFormat, date);
+
+			var index = await Client.Indices.GetAsync(new GetIndexRequest(indexName));
+			index.Indices.Should().BeNullOrEmpty();
+
+			logger.Error("an error occurred!");
+
+			if (!waitHandle.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)))
+				throw new Exception($"No flush occurred in 10 seconds: {listener}", listener.ObservedException);
+
+			listener.PublishSuccess.Should().BeTrue("{0}", listener);
+			listener.ObservedException.Should().BeNull();
+
+			var refreshResult = await Client.Indices.RefreshAsync(indexName);
+			refreshResult.IsValidResponse.Should().BeTrue("{0}", refreshResult.DebugInformation);
+			var searchResult = await Client.SearchAsync<EcsDocument>(s => s.Indices(indexName));
+			searchResult.Total.Should().Be(1);
+
+			var storedDocument = searchResult.Documents.First();
+			storedDocument.Message.Should().Be("an error occurred!");
+
+			var hit = searchResult.Hits.First();
+			hit.Index.Should().Be(indexName);
+		}
+	}
+}