# Kibana Visualization with different database

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-with-different-database/272107>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-with-different-database/272107 "2021-05-04T18:53:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sandeep\_Raju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sandeep\_Raju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandeep_Raju)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-with-different-database/272107/1 "2021-05-04T18:53:08Z")

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Hi all,

We basically use Elasticsearch as database for Kibana.  
Should we always import data to Elasticsearch?  
Is there any way in which Kibana can directly read data from a database such as MongoDB and able to visualize it?

Thanks and Regards

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-with-different-database/272107/2 "2021-05-04T20:31:08Z")

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Elasticsearch is currently the only backend officially supported by Kibana.

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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 1, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-with-different-database/272107/3 "2021-06-01T20:31:36Z")

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