# Cannot import DICOM data - Required information (patient name, patient ID, study instance UID) is missing from dataset

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**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cannot-import-dicom-data-required-information-patient-name-patient-id-study-instance-uid-is-missing-from-dataset/40007 "2024-11-04T01:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ggbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@ggbrown](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ggbrown)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cannot-import-dicom-data-required-information-patient-name-patient-id-study-instance-uid-is-missing-from-dataset/40007/1 "2024-11-04T01:05:54Z")

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I’m using the latest version 5.6.2. It gave message “import completed: added 0 patients, 0 studies, 0 series, 0 instances”.

When I clicked “Import DICOM files”, clicked into the directory having lots of .dcm files, it said “no items matches your search”, but I can see all those .dcm files in window file explorer.

The error log displayed:  
Required information (patient name, patient ID, study instance UID) is missing from dataset  
Failed to insert file into database (required fields missing): C:/Users/xiebr/Documents/morphoDownloadCTdata/morphoCTdata/aotus19801/Aotus81/newAotus1342.dcm  
Required information (patient name, patient ID, study instance UID) is missing from dataset  
Failed to insert file into database (required fields missing): C:/Users/xiebr/Documents/morphoDownloadCTdata/morphoCTdata/aotus19801/Aotus81/new\_Aotus\_198010000.dcm  
Required information (patient name, patient ID, study instance UID) is missing from dataset  
Failed to insert file into database (required fields missing): C:/Users/xiebr/Documents/morphoDownloadCTdata/morphoCTdata/aotus19801/Aotus81/new\_Aotus\_198010001.dcm  
Required information (patient name, patient ID, study instance UID) is missing from dataset  
Failed to insert file into database (required fields missing): C:/Users/xiebr/Documents/morphoDownloadCTdata/morphoCTdata/aotus19801/Aotus81/new\_Aotus\_198010002.dcm  
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**Author:** ![ggbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@ggbrown](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ggbrown)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/cannot-import-dicom-data-required-information-patient-name-patient-id-study-instance-uid-is-missing-from-dataset/40007/2 "2024-11-04T02:39:27Z")

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Edit: “When I clicked “Import DICOM files”, clicked into the directory having lots of .dcm files, it said “no items matches your search”, but I can see all those .dcm files in window file explorer.” – I understand that I need to load the directory, so I probably won’t see anything when clicking into the directory.