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# A step-by-step guide to Many Eyes
- URL: https://interhacktives.mymagic.page/a-step-by-step-guide-to-many-eyes/
- Published: 2013-04-18T18:41:54.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-18T18:41:54.000Z
- Author: Sarah Pilchick
- Tags: Data, How-To, Many Eyes, #Migrated-1793717950415, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-11-03 14:59

After a few weeks of leaving my UN Arms Trade Treaty vote data alone, it finally came to me: I overcomplicated the process. For what I wanted to do – input the data and make a bubble chart – I never needed the entire list of countries; I just needed the numbers.

So with my head held high and a bit of a spring in my digital step, I went back to Many Eyes with a much simpler table.

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.47.20 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.47.20-PM.png)

When Many Eyes works, it is the easiest tool in the world. Here’s what you do to make your own, simple visualisations:

Make sure your data is formatted correctly! That’s what’ll get you in the end if you’re not careful. A simple copy-and-paste from Excel should do the trick.

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.44.52 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.44.52-PM.png)

Paste it. Easy as that.

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.44.58 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.44.58-PM.png)

Make sure that Many Eyes processed it correctly! If you’re receiving error messages, something is up.

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.45.06 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.45.06-PM.png)

And then give it a bit of a description. Remember, it’s public!

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.45.11 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.45.11-PM.png)

Once it’s uploaded, choose your favoured visualisation. Remember, James Ball will kill you if you use word clouds. I personally have a soft spot for bubble charts, but for the purposes of this how-to guide, I’m going to use a bar chart.

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.53.33 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.53.33-PM.png)

Then, if you are lucky, you won’t get THIS:

![Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 2.55.29 PM](http://www.interhacktives.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-17-at-2.55.29-PM.png)

Guess what. I DID get that. So, at a later date, you’ll see my finished bar chart.