Creating a spreadsheet and uploading data
In this course we will use Google docs for our data-wrangling – it allows you to start right away without need of installing software. Since the data we are working with is already public we also don’t need to worry about the fact that it is not stored on our local drive.
Walktrough: Creating a Spreadsheet and uploading data
- Head over to Google docs.
- If you are not yet logged in to Google docs, you need to login.
- The first step is going to be creating a new spreadsheet.
- Do this by clicking the create button to the left and select spreadsheet.

- Doing so will create a new spreadsheet for you.
- Let’s upload some data.
- You will need the file we downloaded from the World Bank in the last tutorial. If you haven’t done the tutorial or lost the file: download it here .
- In your spreadsheet select import from the file menu. This will open a dialog for you.
- Select the file you downloaded.
- Don’t forget to select insert new sheets, and click import

