# Uploading third-party JSON output

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-third-party-json-output/218640>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-third-party-json-output/218640 "2020-02-10T16:40:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![carenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4da419/32.png) [@carenas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carenas)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-third-party-json-output/218640/1 "2020-02-10T16:40:54Z")

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We are looking to analyze client log data that is exported (as JSON) from third-party SIEM products.

Can this exported data be ingested as-is by Elastic SIEM and properly parsed? Or would we have to manually convert it back to its raw format or otherwise transform in order to have it properly ingested?

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**Author:** ![xeraa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xeraa/32/48181_2.png) [@xeraa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xeraa)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-third-party-json-output/218640/2 "2020-02-10T21:03:28Z")

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Elastic SIEM is "only" a Kibana feature. It's fully built on the assumption that your underlying data is structured in our [ECS format](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/index.html).

While we have an [alias datatype](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/alias.html) this won't fix any data types. IMO your best bet will be to ingest your data and change it to be in the ECS format (potentially with a Painless script in the ingestion pipeline or alternatively with Logstash if you're using that for moving data around).

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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:** [March 9, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-third-party-json-output/218640/3 "2020-03-09T21:03:34Z")

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