# Help Using Python to Load Data into ES

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-using-python-to-load-data-into-es/198134>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-using-python-to-load-data-into-es/198134 "2019-09-05T01:33:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-using-python-to-load-data-into-es/198134/3 "2019-09-06T05:38:49Z")

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Hi,

What is the problem you are getting?

To start, your index name should be lower case [index-name-type-name-and-field-name-rules](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-type-name-and-field-name-rules/133039)

Secondly, to make the data visible in Kibana you need to have a timestamp in the document.

Paul.

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