# I have job.jsonl data. i want to annotate the data as ner.manual for name entity recognition im having problem while running as it shows the error messages as : **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Tags:** ner, spacy\ **Created:** [May 19, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656 "2022-05-19T12:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kushal\_pythonist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/kushal_pythonist/32/2986_2.png) [@kushal\_pythonist](https://support.prodi.gy/u/kushal_pythonist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656/1 "2022-05-19T12:28:53Z")
`prodigy ner.manual ner_job blank:en ./job.jsonl --label SUMMARY,COMPANYNAME` Using 2 label(s): SUMMARY, COMPANYNAME ✘ Error while validating stream: no first example This likely means that your stream is empty. This can also mean all the examples in your stream have been annotated in datasets included in your --exclude recipe parameter. Waiting for the solutions ---
**Author:** ![kushal\_pythonist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/kushal_pythonist/32/2986_2.png) [@kushal\_pythonist](https://support.prodi.gy/u/kushal_pythonist)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656/2 "2022-05-20T08:03:12Z")
@ines can you help me 😅 ---
**Author:** ![ljvmiranda921](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/ljvmiranda921/32/3197_2.png) [@ljvmiranda921](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ljvmiranda921)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656/3 "2022-05-20T08:52:02Z")
Hi @kushal_pythonist , Just to sanity check, what's inside the `job.jsonl` file? Usually this error shows up if it cannot find an example in your JSONL file or if it's empty. You can double-check the JSONL formats [in the documentation](https://prodi.gy/docs/api-loaders). ---
**Author:** ![kushal\_pythonist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/kushal_pythonist/32/2986_2.png) [@kushal\_pythonist](https://support.prodi.gy/u/kushal_pythonist)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656/4 "2022-05-20T11:51:14Z")
This is the sample in job.jsonl files {"0":"Designation","1":"CompanyName","2":"CompanyLocation","3":"JobSummary","4":"PostedDate","5":"Salary"} {"0":"newFull Stack Developer","1":"RED TECHNOLOGIES","2":"Charlotte, NC 28203 (Dilworth area)","3":"Work with other developers, designers, and product managers to develop new features consistent with the product roadmap.\nCompany-paid STD and Life insurance.","4":"PostedToday","5":"None"} {"0":"newEntry Level Software Engineer","1":"Revature","2":"Charlotte, NC+7 locations","3":"As a Revature Entry Level Software Engineer you will receive on-the-job-training to become an experienced software engineer.","4":"Posted2 days ago","5":"None"} ---
**Author:** ![ljvmiranda921](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/ljvmiranda921/32/3197_2.png) [@ljvmiranda921](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ljvmiranda921)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656/5 "2022-05-23T00:41:50Z")
Hi @kushal_pythonist , you need to format your entities / text into something that's[compatible with Prodigy](https://prodi.gy/docs/api-loaders): - If you are annotating from scratch, you need to pass the whole text in the `"text"` field. - If you already have pre-annotated NER data, you need to format your spans and entities [similar to the `ner_manual` task format](https://prodi.gy/docs/api-interfaces#ner_manual) ---
**Author:** ![kushal\_pythonist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/kushal_pythonist/32/2986_2.png) [@kushal\_pythonist](https://support.prodi.gy/u/kushal_pythonist)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-have-job-jsonl-data-i-want-to-annotate-the-data-as-ner-manual-for-name-entity-recognition-im-having-problem-while-running-as-it-shows-the-error-messages-as/5656/6 "2022-05-27T07:37:26Z")
its just confusing 😅 and still stucked at the jsonl data formats