# ELK 6.0 read Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-6-0-read-microsoft-access-database-mdb-file/111701>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-6-0-read-microsoft-access-database-mdb-file/111701 "2017-12-14T07:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![pengran93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pengran93](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pengran93)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-6-0-read-microsoft-access-database-mdb-file/111701/1 "2017-12-14T07:56:03Z")

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Hello

I am quite new to ELK, just started to use it 3rd quater of this year.

Soo my question is, can ELK read Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) file? If so, is there any tutorial on how to do it? I would like to know if I can visualize the data through kibana.

Thanks.

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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:** [December 14, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-6-0-read-microsoft-access-database-mdb-file/111701/2 "2017-12-14T10:02:01Z")

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May be there is a JDBC driver for Access, in which case you can use jdbc input plugin for logstash?

Otherwise, you will need to export in CSV I guess.

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**Author:** ![pengran93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pengran93](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pengran93)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-6-0-read-microsoft-access-database-mdb-file/111701/3 "2017-12-21T08:48:37Z")

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Soo I try converting the .mdb file to .csv file and import it to ELK via logstash. It works. It shows in kibana.

Thanks for the tip.

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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:** [January 18, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-6-0-read-microsoft-access-database-mdb-file/111701/4 "2018-01-18T08:48:39Z")

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