# Unable to import json file in kibana dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-import-json-file-in-kibana-dashboard/166091 "2019-01-29T05:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bhavesh\_Padharia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavesh_padharia/32/39565_2.png) [@Bhavesh\_Padharia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavesh_Padharia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-import-json-file-in-kibana-dashboard/166091/1 "2019-01-29T05:58:40Z")
Hello, i am using kibana-6.5.4-linux-x86\_64 version (OS Ubantu 16.4 version)in this i try to import json file using kibana dashboard but it show **No objects imported**. Step: Kibana Dashboard \> Management \> Saved Object \> Import JSON file \> Output: No objects imported Please give me suggestion how to import json file using kibana dashboard. Thank you. #dashboard #kibana #json #file ---
**Author:** ![Sjaak01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sjaak01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sjaak01)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-import-json-file-in-kibana-dashboard/166091/2 "2019-01-29T07:02:24Z")
You can only use that to import dashboards/visualizations you exported from Kibana. It cannot be used to put your own data (e.g. log files) into Elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-import-json-file-in-kibana-dashboard/166091/3 "2019-02-26T07:02:24Z")
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