Exercise 2: Use Data Connect to add data to your map

Use Display Manager to bring in a file containing road data.

Video Tutorial

Click the arrow button in the picture to see how to connect to data. The steps for this procedure are listed below the video.

To add data to your map

1. Click Home tabData panelConnect.

   The Data Connect window is displayed.

   Note: If you did not download the sample data for this tutorial, watch the video instead.
2. Under Data Connections By Provider (on the left side), click Add SHP Connection.
3. Click the file icon next to Source File Or Folder (on the right side).
4. Navigate to the folder where you stored the sample data and select Roads.shp. Click Open.
5. Click Connect to add the Roads SHP file as a data source.
   

   To add a feature, first connect to its source.

6. In the Data Connect window, click Add to Map.
   

   Click Add To Map to see the data in your map.

7. Close the Data Connect window by clicking the X at the top.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Style a feature.