# Data Import Question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-import-question/204112>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-import-question/204112 "2019-10-17T18:14:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mbrown007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mbrown007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbrown007)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-import-question/204112/1 "2019-10-17T18:14:00Z")

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I have data in my mariaDB/MySQL database that I would like to graph in elasticsearch. I am new to ELK and from what I have seen this is something that I would use logstash for correct?

I also have data in a csv file that I would like to import to graph. How can I do that?

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**Author:** ![mbrown007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mbrown007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbrown007)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-import-question/204112/2 "2019-10-24T01:17:45Z")

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Would JSON or CSV be easier to be ingested into ELK?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-import-question/204112/3 "2019-11-21T01:17:49Z")

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