# Json data ingested contains unicode data (xml)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-data-ingested-contains-unicode-data-xml/274647>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-data-ingested-contains-unicode-data-xml/274647 "2021-06-01T14:20:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![justroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@justroll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justroll)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-data-ingested-contains-unicode-data-xml/274647/1 "2021-06-01T14:20:15Z")

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Hi

I'm a little bit puzzled ..

We got logging coming from a k8s , it is logging in json to our elastic , the logging exposes a xml file in the message field, this is encoded in unicode

like

```auto
<TIMESTAMP> <loglevel> <sometext> <xml file in unicode>

```

when checking in kibana, the document is show, but the XML is unreadable .. (aka it's showing \u003c?xml.. instead of \<?xml

when checking in elastic the message field is clearly in unicode

is this issue related to kibana processing the document, or is it the issue located on elastic level ?

is there a way to enable unicode processing for this field (i assume it is processed OK..)

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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:** [June 29, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-data-ingested-contains-unicode-data-xml/274647/2 "2021-06-29T14:21:03Z")

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