Again, just like in all our projects, we need to load our data into Watson Analytics, so that we can start working with it.
We know that we can easily add data that is in a comma-separated values (CSV) or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xls or xlsx) file, and our data is CSV-formatted (so we don't need to worry about any reformatting or pre-processing), and we can just use the Watson interface to load it as we've done in previous chapters (starting form the Watson Analytic Welcome page, click on Add, select Upload data, and so on).
Now, Watson Analytics has our data (we see the panel here) and we are ready to get going:
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets or CSV files can be stored anywhere that your computer or portable device has local or LAN access to. They can also be stored on a cloud storage service such as Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft OneDrive—Watson Analytics DOCs