# CSV file as a datasource?

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/4882>\
**Category:** Time Series Panel\
**Created:** [January 17, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/4882 "2018-01-17T09:28:56Z")\
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Hi,

There’s no support for CSV file as a datasource as far as I’m aware. I found some related links:

- [CSV file as a datasource](https://community.grafana.com/t/csv-file-as-a-datasource/1749)
- [https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/3305](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/3305)

If you don’t want to put burden on your production database I would suggest creating an integration and import data to another database that you can use in Grafana. Another option could be to import data to a time series database that Grafana supports, for example Graphite or Influxdb.

Marcus

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