# File structure cannot be determined

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-structure-cannot-be-determined/286065>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-structure-cannot-be-determined/286065 "2021-10-06T19:31:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surya\_Raviraj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/surya_raviraj/32/77606_2.png) [@Surya\_Raviraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Surya_Raviraj)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-structure-cannot-be-determined/286065/1 "2021-10-06T19:31:19Z")

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I am trying to upload a very basic csv file, however elastic keeps throwing me the "File structure cannot be determined" error. I'm attaching a picture of my csv file here. I've made sure all the time formats are the same. I even tried uploading another file with multiple dates and that worked fine. Is there something incorrect with my file? Thank you in advance!

 ![Screen Shot 2021-10-06 at 2.29.07 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/3/739e42aa3af35c06e94290c928dcbc631b717821.png) ![Screen Shot 2021-10-06 at 2.35.44 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/a/8afc39131be9e90fce03dfae9a963b4b6d325022.png)

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-structure-cannot-be-determined/286065/2 "2021-10-06T19:45:55Z")

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I would open/view it in a text editor so you can see what the file actually looks like. Open in Notepad or similar program.

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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 3, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-structure-cannot-be-determined/286065/3 "2021-11-03T19:46:14Z")

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