Guides: NVivo Workshop: Organizing your data

Organizing your data

Create folders

If you are working with different types of data (i.e.: reviews, interviews, surveys, audio, literature) it is recommended that you set up different folders under the Data area in the Navigation window first. Once the steps below are followed, you can import your files into the appropriate folder.

From the Navigation Menu, right-click Files and select New Folder.
In the New Folder dialog, name the folder: Google Reviews

Import files

From the Navigation View, select the Google Reviews folder.
On the ribbon, select Import and then Files (Mac: then Documents).

Choose the files to import (Google Reviews).
Select Import (Mac), or Open then Import (Windows).

Importing other formats

Importing survey data
This video demonstrates how to import survey data which has its own process which automatically sets up codes and cases.
Importing transcripts with timestamps
This video demonstrates how to import transcripts and audio with timestamps into NVivo.
Importing social media data
This video demonstrates how to import social media data (e.g., X, Facebook, YouTube) using NCapture.
Importing web pages
This video demonstrates how to import web pages using NCapture.
Exporting data from referencing software
This video demonstrates how to export data from desktop version of referencing software (e.g., EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley) to use in NVivo.
Import data from referencing software
This video demonstrates how to import the data from referencing software into NVivo.

Explore the review files

From the Navigation View, select Google Reviews.
This will open the files in List View.
Select one of the reviewers to launch the text for the review in the Details View.
Repeat this process to get a sense of the reviews. Note that Kwynn has a response from the store owner. This will be important when we work with Case Classifications and attributes.