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Recreate chart

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There are several ways to recreate your chart. You can update the existing CSV, or start over with a new data source:

  • Sample data – Use one of the built-in sample datasets to quickly recreate your chart with new example data.
  • Upload CSV – Replace your data by uploading a CSV, XLS, or XLSX file from your computer.
  • Google Sheets – Recreate your chart using live data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet.
  • FRED data – Recreate your chart using economic time series from the Federal Reserve Economic Data database.
  • StatCan data – Recreate your chart using data from Statistics Canada.
  • Social Explorer data – Recreate your chart using demographic and census data from Social Explorer.

Update CSV

  1. In the chart panel, click the upload icon cloud_upload.
  2. Select Update CSV.

  3. Click browse to select a file from your computer, paste your data into the Paste your copied data here... field, or drag and drop a file anywhere on the screen.

    Note: Supported file formats are CSV, XLS, and XLSX.

Sample data

  1. In the chart panel, click the upload icon cloud_upload.
  2. Select Sample data.
  3. Choose a sample chart.
  4. Click Create chart.

Upload CSV

  1. In the chart panel, click the upload icon cloud_upload.
  2. Select Upload CSV.

  3. Click browse to select a file from your computer, paste your data into the Paste your copied data here... field, or drag and drop a file anywhere on the screen.

    Note: Supported file formats are CSV, XLS, and XLSX.

  4. After reviewing your data in the review window, click the Next button.

    Note: At this point, you can change the data type if needed, or transpose the data. To learn more, see Editing columns and Transpose data in the Working with data section.
  5. Choose the chart type that works best with your data and click Next.

  6. In the Preview window, review your chart and click Create Chart.

    Note: If the chart doesn't appear as expected, you can try transposing the data. To learn more, see Transpose data.

To learn more about the other data source options, see: