https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080540#M43458 <P>I am trying to load in a shapefile, however, it loads in empty. The DBF file is fully populated. I'm not sure where to start on trouble shooting this, or if this indicates that my shapefile and dbf are somehow not talking to each other?&nbsp;</P> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:09:09 GMT nschwall 2021-07-19T21:09:09Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080540#M43458 <P>I am trying to load in a shapefile, however, it loads in empty. The DBF file is fully populated. I'm not sure where to start on trouble shooting this, or if this indicates that my shapefile and dbf are somehow not talking to each other?&nbsp;</P> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:09:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080540#M43458 nschwall 2021-07-19T21:09:09Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080548#M43459 <P>check the folder that contains the shapefile, it has at least 3 parts, a *.shp, *.shx, and *.dbf</P><P>if you are missing bits, or it is still in a zip file, then correct from the source or unzip&nbsp;</P> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:16:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080548#M43459 DanPatterson 2021-07-19T21:16:14Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080587#M43461 <P>A situation I've seen is students download a zipfile but do not extract it and open it (inside the zip) in Windows since the OS lets you navigate into a zipfile. To access in ArcGIS you need all the pieces so be sure and extract the zipfile before you try to open it in arcgis.</P> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 22:46:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/shapefile-not-reflecting-dbf/m-p/1080587#M43461 curtvprice 2021-07-19T22:46:12Z