Add data

You can add data to your chart by clicking on the Data title in the chart editor sidebar.

• If no data has been added yet — the add-data dialog opens directly.
• If you already have data — an intermediate dialog appears with four options: add tabular data, add geographical data, filter an existing dataset, or sort an existing dataset.

The Add Data dialog

The main way to add data is by uploading a file or pasting your own data:

• Upload a CSV or TSV file — the content appears in the textarea below, where you can edit it if needed.
• Paste data — paste comma-separated (CSV), tab-separated (TSV) text, or rows copied directly from a spreadsheet into the textarea. Spreadsheets copy as TSV by default, which DataPicta handles.

The data must have headers in the first row. Example:

name,amount
Apples,120
Bananas,95
Cherries,30

When the textarea contains data, the Add data button below it becomes active. Click it to load the data into your chart.

Two additional buttons sit above the textarea for when you don't have your own data ready:

• Use sample data — opens a list of about 35 built-in sample datasets you can load with one click. Some of these samples are used in examples and demos throughout the site.
• Go to geographic data — closes this dialog and opens the add-geographical-data dialog instead.