Importing data

Magic Maps is able to import data and link it to features on an existing map. Magic Maps supports the following file formats:

To import a data file into a map layer:

  1. Ensure that your data file includes a header line with the name of each variable
  2. Ensure that your data file has a column that matches the target layer's primary key
  3. Choose File > Import Data Into Layer and choose the desired target layer
  4. Choose your data file and select an appropriate text encoding (if dealing with accented or non-Latin characters)
  5. Select your file's primary-key column in the dialog that appears
  6. Click Import

If the data file includes a "year" column, or if the variable names appear to contain a series of years, Magic Maps will interpret the data as annual data.

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