---
title: Automatic Import for Observability
description: Automatic Import parses and ingests data without a prebuilt integration; refer to the full Automatic Import guide for Elastic Observability.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/tree/main/solutions/observability/ai/automatic-import
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Observability
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Automatic Import for Observability
Automatic Import parses, ingests, and maps data to [ECS](https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch/common-schema) for sources that don’t yet have prebuilt Elastic integrations. It works with Elastic Security, Observability, and other solutions that rely on Elastic Agent and integrations. This lets you onboard custom or niche data sources without building a full integration manually.
Automatic Import uses a large language model (LLM) with specialized instructions to analyze source data and generate a custom integration.
Elastic integrations, including those created by Automatic Import, normalize data to [the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/ecs/tree/main/reference). This standardization provides consistent use across dashboards, search, alerts, and machine learning features.
Refer to [prebuilt data integrations](https://docs.elastic.co/en/integrations) for a full list of Elastic’s 400+ integrations.
Refer to [Automatic Import](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/tree/main/explore-analyze/ai-features/automatic-import) for requirements, supported sample formats, recommended models, and step-by-step instructions.