# Easier way to add data to an Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 2, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448 "2017-10-02T15:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brendinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Brendinho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brendinho)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448/1 "2017-10-02T15:23:57Z")

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I have a group of tables that I'm looking to put into ES. I have them in .csv format and I also have them in JSON files. What is the best way to accomplish this? Obviously the end goal is to then sort through them in Kibana but I thought I would ask here since it's more about getting them indexed first. Which is easier/makes the most sense?

Tables range from 30MBs down to about 1MB or so in .csv, a little larger for the JSON versions. Pretty standard data with a mixture of numbers, text and dates.

Thanks  
-B

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448/2 "2017-10-02T15:37:28Z")

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I wrote this some years ago: [http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/04/28/exploring-capitaine-train-dataset/](http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/04/28/exploring-capitaine-train-dataset/)

Might help.

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**Author:** ![Brendinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Brendinho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brendinho)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448/3 "2017-10-02T16:11:19Z")

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Thanks. This is pretty thorough and helpful for a newbie like me. Is it still relatively the same despite updates/changes?

-B

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448/4 "2017-10-02T16:28:43Z")

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Yes I think so.

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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:** [October 30, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/easier-way-to-add-data-to-an-index/102448/5 "2017-10-30T16:28:52Z")

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