# How to imported file GEOJSON to kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 12, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456 "2022-07-12T19:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khadija_boudinar1/32/106922_2.png) [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khadija_BOUDINAR1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/1 "2022-07-12T19:00:33Z")
hi all, i have created new layers in kibana maps and i upload my file geojson but I can't visualize the file have you any suggestion please ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/2 "2022-07-12T19:21:22Z")
Hi @Khadija_BOUDINAR1 A couple questions , we gonna need a bit more to help. What version are you on? Are you running Self Managed or Elastic Cloud? (I ask because there was a specific bug on a couple versions) How did you upload the file? Did the layer show when you tried to add it to the map? If so was it just the points / features that did not show? Did you upload straight from the map? Were there any Errors? ![Screen Shot 2022-07-12 at 12.24.13 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/3/53cc2f0e7883ddbf0e4191763e71c4bd5bda33f2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khadija_boudinar1/32/106922_2.png) [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khadija_BOUDINAR1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/3 "2022-07-12T19:53:44Z")
exactly, when I upload my polygon file straight from the maps this error is posted : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/0/c02b5ed074457c3b8ec1aeda3029a7c210a035c1.jpeg) i used Self Managed version 8.1.0 ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/4 "2022-07-12T19:56:58Z")
Ha!! That is not a very helpful error message... 🙂 Assume you have cleaned up / deleted the index and tried again.. I think that means that your geojson is not "compliant / compatible" I have seem things like this when the field is an Array of features instead of list of individual features... can you provide a couple of the features? A small set of the data? ---
**Author:** ![Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khadija_boudinar1/32/106922_2.png) [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khadija_BOUDINAR1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/5 "2022-07-12T20:00:26Z")
I exported my file in geojson format with the QGIS tool. would you like me to send you the file? ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/6 "2022-07-12T20:04:15Z")
> [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](#): > > I exported my file in geojson format with the QGIS tool. > would you like me to send you the file? Well no, as a this is a public forum please do not directly send data files to anyone, especially anything with personal or company confidential information. If your file can be publicly shared then post a link to pastebin or perhaps a small sanitized subset can be shared here in the forum. Assumed you used this? ![Screen Shot 2022-07-12 at 1.11.40 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7fdc23605580fdfe5fe3481df1115597defb4fbc.png) ---
**Author:** ![Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khadija_boudinar1/32/106922_2.png) [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khadija_BOUDINAR1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/7 "2022-07-12T20:18:06Z")
yes i use upload geojson directly , maybe file format is the error???, if I convert it to csv it keeps the geographical aspect or is not a good solution , ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/8 "2022-07-12T20:28:07Z")
Yup probably a format error / incompatibility ... and no I would not convert to csv... In your export tool are there any options when you export the GEOJSON? What happens if you just try to export a single feature? What happens if you run the GEOJSON through a geojson validator tool? ---
**Author:** ![Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khadija_boudinar1/32/106922_2.png) [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khadija_BOUDINAR1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/9 "2022-07-12T20:40:27Z")
i think I found the solution in fact I re-exported my data again in the QGIS tool in shp then I imported them in the form .SHP is it working, kibana detected the data correctly thank you for giving me help to change a format ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/10 "2022-07-12T20:42:58Z")
Nice! .. But a clarification for us... you loaded `.shp` directly into elastic or did you convert to geojson first.. (good for me / others to know) Oh I see the new "File Upload" for shapefiles.. cool! that is pretty recent. ---
**Author:** ![Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khadija_boudinar1/32/106922_2.png) [@Khadija\_BOUDINAR1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khadija_BOUDINAR1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/11 "2022-07-13T19:11:49Z")
not in elasticserach sorry , but i used a geographic data tool named QGIS where i have exported my data in .shp and then i imported derectly in kibana ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-imported-file-geojson-to-kibana/309456/12 "2022-08-10T19:11:56Z")
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