# Importing table through migration API always throwing validation error
**URL:** https://community.prismic.io/t/importing-table-through-migration-api-always-throwing-validation-error/20223
**Category:** Developing with Prismic
**Tags:** custom-types-api
**Created:** [July 10, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/importing-table-through-migration-api-always-throwing-validation-error/20223 "2026-07-10T04:34:22Z")
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### Author:  [@theplaygroundmedia](https://community.prismic.io/u/theplaygroundmedia)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/importing-table-through-migration-api-always-throwing-validation-error/20223/1 "2026-07-10T04:34:22Z")
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cannot get table to import properly into prismic via Migration Api
```auto
{
"error": {
"message": "Validation failed",
"details": [
{
"property": "data.sections.1",
"value": {
"paragraph": [
{
"type": "paragraph",
"text": "Budgets are for family of 4, 2 nights. Hotel budgets use mid-range options; camping where available.",
"spans": [{ "type": "em", "start": 0, "end": 100 }],
"direction": "ltr"
}
],
"heading": "At a Glance: All 7 Destinations",
"blockquote": [],
"image": {},
"table": {
"type": "table",
"value": [
[
"Destination",
"Distance",
"Drive",
"Budget (Hotel)",
"Budget (Camping)",
"Best For"
],
[
"Prescott",
"99 mi",
"1.5-2h",
"$398-448",
"$260-310",
"Closest, history, hiking"
],
[
"Lake Havasu",
"200 mi",
"3-3.5h",
"$440-490",
"$225-275",
"Beach, water sports"
],
[
"White Mountains",
"190 mi",
"3.5-4h",
"$440-490",
"$210-260",
"Summer cool-down"
],
[
"Tucson",
"113 mi",
"1.5-2h",
"$492-542",
"$350-400",
"Desert museums, culture"
],
[
"Flagstaff",
"145 mi",
"2.5-3h",
"$558-608",
"$300-350",
"Mountains, heat escape"
],
[
"Williams",
"165 mi",
"2.5-3h",
"$583-633",
"N/A",
"Grand Canyon Railway"
],
[
"Sedona",
"118 mi",
"2-2.5h",
"$806-856 standard, $310-360 budget",
"$250-300",
"Red rocks, hiking"
]
]
},
"includeDividers": true
},
"error": "The value must be an object"
}
]
}
}
```
### Impacted feature
Migration API
### What steps have you taken to resolve this issue already?
try multiple schemas to try and import tables as
### Errors
### Your Role
### Hosting provider
### Package.json file
### Steps to reproduce
import a document containing a table
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### Author:  [@theplaygroundmedia](https://community.prismic.io/u/theplaygroundmedia)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/importing-table-through-migration-api-always-throwing-validation-error/20223/2 "2026-07-10T16:33:14Z")
I resolved issue.
Shape of table should be similar to this:
`{"head":{"rows":[{"key":"db400c55-a6f9-40ce-9b01-f9252a849710","cells":[{"key":"148a0585-f985-4f53-b716-9a014b2f970e","type":"header","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Destination","spans":``,"direction":"ltr"}]}]}]},"body":{"rows":[{"key":"95cfad7a-d406-4e2f-bc60-55d25441dc0e","cells":[{"key":"d3accd11-41bc-454d-96e1-99e76cb9b146","type":"data","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"` **`Prescott`** `","spans":``,"direction":"ltr"}]}]}]}}`