# CSV file as a datasource

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/1749>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 11, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/1749 "2017-07-11T18:52:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![coolshiva123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/coolshiva123/32/1114_2.png) [@coolshiva123](https://community.grafana.com/u/coolshiva123)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/1749/1 "2017-07-11T18:52:06Z")

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Hi,

Does grafana allow using csv file as a datasource?

I have a plain text file where there are certain data in space seperated format as well. Can this be displayed in a table format on graphana?

Thanks  
Shiva

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**Author:** ![daniellee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/daniellee/32/41_2.png) [@daniellee](https://community.grafana.com/u/daniellee)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/1749/2 "2017-07-12T12:35:30Z")

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Not directly. It would probably be fairly easy to build your own data source with [the simple json data source](https://github.com/grafana/simple-json-datasource). Or you could import into MySQL and use the MySQL data source.