# Import csv file to elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747 "2018-01-23T20:04:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ankur\_singla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_singla/32/45612_2.png) [@ankur\_singla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur_singla)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747/1 "2018-01-23T20:04:53Z")

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I am trying to ulpoad csv file from logstash to my elastic cloud cluster using below config

```
input {
stdin {
type => "stdin-type"
}
file {
path => ["/pipelines/Data.csv"]
start_position => "beginning"
}
}

filter {
csv {
columns => columns => ["Branch","State","Category","Sub Category","Month","Date"]
}
}

output {

elasticsearch {
     hosts => "https://f8f0fdbb28d6340678149e5f.us-east-1.aws.found.io:9243"
     index => "datanew"
	 user => elastic
     password => password
  }

}

```

but i am getting ConfigurationError

LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Expected one of #, {, ", ', } at line 13

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747/2 "2018-01-23T21:17:58Z")

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You have one "columns =\>" too many.

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**Author:** ![ankur\_singla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_singla/32/45612_2.png) [@ankur\_singla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur_singla)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747/3 "2018-01-24T06:23:16Z")

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thanks.  
Is there any support for defining mapping of file columns to index field?

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**Author:** ![Krunal\_kalaria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krunal_kalaria/32/23862_2.png) [@Krunal\_kalaria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Krunal_kalaria)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747/4 "2018-01-24T07:11:07Z")

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in filter you write 2 times columns you write only this

filter { csv { columns =\> [" your columns "] } }

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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:** [February 21, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-csv-file-to-elastic-search/116747/5 "2018-02-21T07:11:45Z")

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