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# Parquet File

You can import both local and remote Parquet File Data quickly.

## 1. Select Parquet File Data Menu

Click '+' button next to 'Data Frames' and select 'Import File Data'.

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If you import CSV / Delimited File on your desktop or laptop, make sure Local tab is selected. If you import a file from remote server like Amazon S3, Dropbox, etc make sure Remote tab is selected. Click 'Text File (CSV, delimited)'

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## 2. Select File.

If you select local, file picker shows up so select a file to import.

### 2.1 Local File

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### 2.2 Remote File

if you select remote, small dialog shows up so enter a URL for the file.

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## 3. Preview

Preview the Parquet file import.

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## 5. Column Selection

On top of input parameters, you can also use checkboxes on the preview table to include/exclude columns. if you uncheck the checkboxes on the columns, these columns are excluded when you save the data.

## 6. Import

If it looks ok, then you can click 'Import' to import the whole CSV / Delimited data into Exploratory.