topic Adding XY point data in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/adding-xy-point-data/m-p/614549#M8391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear All</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Am trying to Add XY data into ArcMap, the data is in CSV form, when I go to add XY data and browse to the CSV file, the X and Y field to specify are empty, even from the drop down nothing. As a result I have to convert the CSV file to an ordinary excel file for me to import the XY data, surely life shouldn't be that difficult. Am using 9.3. I remember some years back we had to convert an excel&nbsp; file into DBF file before importing into ArcMap. nowadays excel 2007 soes not have a provision to convert to DBF file, does antone know the easiest way of importing XY point data? e.g a CSV file other than going round converting?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in Advance.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mwape</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:26:00 GMT MwapeSomanje 2011-08-29T10:26:00Z Adding XY point data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/adding-xy-point-data/m-p/614549#M8391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear All</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Am trying to Add XY data into ArcMap, the data is in CSV form, when I go to add XY data and browse to the CSV file, the X and Y field to specify are empty, even from the drop down nothing. As a result I have to convert the CSV file to an ordinary excel file for me to import the XY data, surely life shouldn't be that difficult. Am using 9.3. I remember some years back we had to convert an excel&nbsp; file into DBF file before importing into ArcMap. nowadays excel 2007 soes not have a provision to convert to DBF file, does antone know the easiest way of importing XY point data? e.g a CSV file other than going round converting?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in Advance.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mwape</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:26:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/adding-xy-point-data/m-p/614549#M8391 MwapeSomanje 2011-08-29T10:26:00Z Re: Adding XY point data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/adding-xy-point-data/m-p/614550#M8392 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Mwape Somanje,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've never had any issues with adding XY data using csv.&nbsp; If you look in your csv file, do you have quotes around tour XY values?&nbsp; ArcGIS only uses the fields that it sees as numerical.&nbsp; Let me know and I hope this helps.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:57:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/adding-xy-point-data/m-p/614550#M8392 andrewj_ca 2011-08-29T10:57:18Z