# Importing data into Graph

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-data-into-graph/50031>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 13, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-data-into-graph/50031 "2016-05-13T20:17:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Christopher\_Black](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christopher_Black)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-data-into-graph/50031/1 "2016-05-13T20:17:16Z")

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Looking for tutorial on importing data to Graph. I have succeeded at importing Shakespeare text, but having trouble getting my custom data to show in Graph.

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**Author:** ![JoarSvensson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joarsvensson/32/8740_2.png) [@JoarSvensson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoarSvensson)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-data-into-graph/50031/2 "2016-08-17T08:14:35Z")

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You'll have to index data in Elasticsearch as usual. There's no other way. The Graph API and UI sits on top of ES and can be used on any regular ES index.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-data-into-graph/50031/3 "2017-07-06T13:40:29Z")

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