topic How am I able to use an XL speadsheet in ArcMap. in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548376#M31070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am relatively new to ArcMap.&nbsp; I am trying to use an XL spreadsheet in ArcMap.&nbsp; When I try to input this into ArcMap, a message always comes up "Failed to connect to database.&nbsp; An underlying database error has occurred.&nbsp; Class not registered."&nbsp; I have input XL spreadsheets before and have been successful, but now I am not sure why it is not starting up in ArcMap?</P><P></P><P>Evan Hall</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:55:58 GMT EvanHall 2015-04-13T18:55:58Z How am I able to use an XL speadsheet in ArcMap. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548376#M31070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am relatively new to ArcMap.&nbsp; I am trying to use an XL spreadsheet in ArcMap.&nbsp; When I try to input this into ArcMap, a message always comes up "Failed to connect to database.&nbsp; An underlying database error has occurred.&nbsp; Class not registered."&nbsp; I have input XL spreadsheets before and have been successful, but now I am not sure why it is not starting up in ArcMap?</P><P></P><P>Evan Hall</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:55:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548376#M31070 EvanHall 2015-04-13T18:55:58Z Re: How am I able to use an XL speadsheet in ArcMap. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548377#M31071 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Evan, save your excel file as a .txt or.csv.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:11:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548377#M31071 SepheFox 2015-04-13T19:11:38Z Re: How am I able to use an XL speadsheet in ArcMap. https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548378#M31072 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have you reviewed the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//005s0000001w000000">Understanding how to use Microsoft Excel files in ArcGIS </A>section of the Help, particularly the "<SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; text-indent: 0px;">few things to keep in mind</SPAN>" items?</P><P></P><P>Is this an XLS or XLSX file?&nbsp; What version of MS Office do you have installed?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:58:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-am-i-able-to-use-an-xl-speadsheet-in-arcmap/m-p/548378#M31072 JoshuaBixby 2015-04-13T19:58:56Z