Import Data

If you have access to an exported Kineviz project, you can import the entire project. The Import Project button on the Projects home page adds and opens any exported .graphxrproject file to your Kineviz account. The imported project will include its UI configuration, styling template, managed files, views, and internal datastore.

More often, though, you will be importing data into a new project you just created. When you enter a project for the first time, it will be empty. You can import data to the project canvas from many different sources, including:

  • Import by drag and drop. Files you can drag and drop include CSV or Excel files, JSON files, and data views exported as a CSV or Excel archive, a .graphxr file, or a .graphxrsnapshots archive.

  • Query a Graph Database. You can perform no-code query in the project Query / Search bar, use the Expand tool to expand the graph through its relationships, pull by category or relationship, or enter and run a Cypher or GQL query.

  • Query a CSV file.

    • Query a connected SQL database and import the resulting table as graph data.

      For a CSV file or a SQL table, the Kineviz Mapping Editor lets you transform the data in a single table according to a graph model you specify.

  • Query a JSON file or perform a Gremlin query on a connected database.

  • Load a project’s data View and access Shared views.

  • For Enterprise users, advanced Kineviz extensions are available to import data from a variety of graph or composite databases, and to craft reproducible workflows for importing data.