https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-help-how-to-import-shapefiles-with-extensions/m-p/1501026#M85204 <P>Each of those individual files together comprise a single shapefile, but they all hold different pieces of information (e.g. the dbf has the attributes, the prj has the projection info).&nbsp;<BR /><BR />If you open ArcGIS, insert a new map and click the add data button (big yellow plus) and navigate to the location of those files you will see it recognises it as a single shapefile which you can add to a map</P> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:11:26 GMT RichardHowe 2024-07-03T15:11:26Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-help-how-to-import-shapefiles-with-extensions/m-p/1501020#M85202 <P>I will apologize up front. I am extremely green to using ArcGIS Pro. I have been sent a set of files, but I have no idea on how to open these files. The 4 files that I received all have a file extension of .dbf , .prj , .shp and .shx.&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="MLSaboy_0-1720018284827.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108680i2FB1FC1EAE9A4427/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="MLSaboy_0-1720018284827.png" alt="MLSaboy_0-1720018284827.png" /></span></P><P>I used MS Excel to view the .dbf file, but I really need help pulling all of these files into a project.&nbsp;</P><P>I need to know how to load these file into ArcGIS Pro?&nbsp;</P><P>I apologize again, I am extremely new to ArcGIS as of today and any assistance is very much appreciated!</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:05:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-help-how-to-import-shapefiles-with-extensions/m-p/1501020#M85202 MLSaboy 2024-07-03T15:05:16Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-help-how-to-import-shapefiles-with-extensions/m-p/1501026#M85204 <P>Each of those individual files together comprise a single shapefile, but they all hold different pieces of information (e.g. the dbf has the attributes, the prj has the projection info).&nbsp;<BR /><BR />If you open ArcGIS, insert a new map and click the add data button (big yellow plus) and navigate to the location of those files you will see it recognises it as a single shapefile which you can add to a map</P> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:11:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-help-how-to-import-shapefiles-with-extensions/m-p/1501026#M85204 RichardHowe 2024-07-03T15:11:26Z