topic Re: How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659209#M37356 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How is your data set up? Could you provide an example?</P><P>Will this tool work for you <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm">XY To Line—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 15:49:03 GMT WesMiller 2016-05-04T15:49:03Z How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659208#M37355 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ive got an excel spreadsheet with the outlines of house locations as polygons (within the table i have the shape length and shape area of each house. I need to know how to take this from an excel to a shapefile to display it on the map</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 15:37:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659208#M37355 MarkMelino 2016-05-04T15:37:23Z Re: How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659209#M37356 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How is your data set up? Could you provide an example?</P><P>Will this tool work for you <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm">XY To Line—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 15:49:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659209#M37356 WesMiller 2016-05-04T15:49:03Z Re: How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659210#M37357 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My data table is set up with the following fields:</P><P>Object ID, Description, Shape_Length, Shape_area</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 15:59:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659210#M37357 MarkMelino 2016-05-04T15:59:33Z Re: How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659211#M37358 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That is just the attribute table from the geodatabase file.&nbsp; You are missing the necessary Shape field to generate the polygons... particularly if you only have that file in Excel</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 16:03:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659211#M37358 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-04T16:03:12Z Re: How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659212#M37359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>could you point me in the direction for instructions on how i would go about creating the necessary shape field to get the polygons on the map?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 17:33:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659212#M37359 MarkMelino 2016-05-04T17:33:41Z Re: How do i create a polygon shapfile from an excel spreadsheet https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659213#M37360 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That is the point... the shapefield is created by ArcMap, it stores the geometry there.&nbsp; You need the originating file (I suspect a geodatabase in your case since you have Shape_Length etc fields). Your only option is to get the original file.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 May 2016 17:44:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-create-a-polygon-shapfile-from-an-excel/m-p/659213#M37360 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-05-04T17:44:07Z