# Upload several csv files to kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 7, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upload-several-csv-files-to-kibana/198513 "2019-09-07T15:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yaharin\_ben\_ayon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yaharin_ben_ayon/32/41037_2.png) [@yaharin\_ben\_ayon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaharin_ben_ayon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upload-several-csv-files-to-kibana/198513/1 "2019-09-07T15:16:32Z")
Hello, does anyone know how can i upload several csv files (i converted excel to csv) into kibana to work on the same dashboard? right now i can only upload one. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upload-several-csv-files-to-kibana/198513/2 "2019-09-13T10:24:09Z")
If you use the csv importer that is linked in the Kibana home page, you can specify in what index you want the first CSV file to go and so one on the next upload. Then, you create an index pattern that points to all of the indices containing the csv data. For example, the first CSV file could be in csv\_1, second file could be in csv\_2 and the index pattern you create will be csv\_\* ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upload-several-csv-files-to-kibana/198513/3 "2019-10-11T10:38:04Z")
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