Importing Data to NVivo (Win)
Once you are finished with creating your project, it is time to start gathering the information that you want to organize and eventually analyze. There is a multitude of formats that we can choose from: Word documents, PDF files, online services (such as survey monkey) or even image files. All of the aforementioned files can be imported into an NVIVO project.
- On the Import tab, in the Data group, click Files.

- Choose the files you want to import. Click Open and then click Import.


- (Optional) A document properties window will open where you can change the name, description, and add attribute values. Click OK when you are finished.

- Click on Files in the left navigation pane to see your files.

- Congratulations! You have imported your documents.

Import an audio file
- Click on the Import tab, in the Data group, and click Files.

- Choose the file you want to import, and click Open.


- (Optional) An audio properties window will open where you can change the name and/or description of the audio source. You can also decide whether you want to embed the audio file within the project or not. Lastly, you can assign attribute values to the audio file. Click OK once you are finished.



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Congratulations! You have imported your audio file.

Import a dataset
- On the Import tab, in the Survey group, you can import various survey documents into NVivo. For this demonstration, we will import an Excel Dataset. In the same location, click Excel.

- Locate the file you want to import. Note: only compatible document file types will be shown. Then, click Open.

- The Survey Import Wizard will pop-up. Click Next.

- Check your data format. Click Next when finished.

- Choose the location you would like the project to store your cases. If you want to change the location, click on Change Location and select where you would like it stored.

- Select the unique ID for each case by clicking the Drop-down or Chevron button if necessary.

- Edit the new classification if necessary. Click Next.

- Then identify the open-ended, closed-ended, and what questions you do not want to import by selecting the corresponding radio button for each question. Click Next.

- NVivo can automatically identify some themes and sentiment in the responses to open-ended questions. You can select Auto code Themes and/or Auto code Sentiment if you would like NVivo to provide preliminary results you can explore further. Click Finish.

- Once NVivo has finished importing the survey, click Close.

- Congratulations! You have imported your Excel dataset.
