# Integrating SQL database with Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrating-sql-database-with-kibana/154972>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrating-sql-database-with-kibana/154972 "2018-11-01T07:35:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![karan\_gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karan_gupta/32/36970_2.png) [@karan\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karan_gupta)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrating-sql-database-with-kibana/154972/1 "2018-11-01T07:35:30Z")

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Want to connect SQL Database with Kibana. Kindly provide a Stepwise description.

> **[Integrating Elasticsearch with MS SQL, Logstash, and Kibana](https://stackabuse.com/integrating-elasticsearch-with-ms-sql-logstash-and-kibana/)**
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> Introduction MS SQL Server holds the data in relational form or even multi-dimensional form (through SSAS) and proffers several out-of-the-box search features through Full Text Search (FTS). However, the search function of the modern-world...

  
I have found this solution, which involves first connecting SQL with Elasticsearch.  
Any other solution??

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrating-sql-database-with-kibana/154972/2 "2018-11-01T07:39:16Z")

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Kibana relies on data being stored in Elasticsearch and is not designed to connect directly to relational databases. The solution of indexing data into Elasticsearch using Logstash before visualising it in Kibana is therefore the recommended approach.

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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:** [November 29, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integrating-sql-database-with-kibana/154972/3 "2018-11-29T07:39:20Z")

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