# How mapping data without separator

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-mapping-data-without-separator/81579>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 7, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-mapping-data-without-separator/81579 "2017-04-07T07:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![28tomino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/258eb7/32.png) [@28tomino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/28tomino)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-mapping-data-without-separator/81579/1 "2017-04-07T07:24:56Z")

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hi, can i mapping some data without separator ?  
date+time mac etc etc etc ... something like this:

**2017-04-03T23:56:37+02:00 xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx [portal.sh](http://portal.sh)[527] seq=20515 msec=580 Trace Setup proxy: (null) for url: [http://dmd:8765/get\_message](http://dmd:8765/get_message)**

i try load this data with logstash from etc.log-\> sudo ./logstash -f /etc/etc , but i dont know how. when i try load some data with separator i use somethnig like this and it

input {  
file {  
path =\> "/ppoe/stock.csv"  
start\_position =\> "beginning"  
sincedb\_path =\> "/dev/null"  
}  
}  
filter {  
csv {  
separator =\> ","  
columns =\> ["APDC","UserName","AccStartTime","AccStopTime","SessionTime",$  
}

date {  
match =\> ["AccStartTime", "dd.MM.yyyy hh:mm"]  
target =\> "Date"  
}

or how can i load this data to visualize in kibana  
thanks

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-mapping-data-without-separator/81579/2 "2017-04-07T07:35:59Z")

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A grok filter would probably be a better fit if the data looks like above.

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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:** [May 5, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-mapping-data-without-separator/81579/3 "2017-05-05T07:46:31Z")

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Closed on May 5, 2017, 7:46am UTC

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