# data problem

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/data-problem/1811>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/data-problem/1811 "2019-03-23T14:23:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mj125](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mj125/32/1575_2.png) [@mj125](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mj125)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/data-problem/1811/1 "2019-03-23T14:23:25Z")

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Hello. I’m the beginner and my data don’t show right.

this is my post:

> **[Observable](https://observablehq.com/d/dc92cd9e189581c1)**
>
> The magic notebook for visualization.

this is the link of my data:

> **[d3](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GuCbs63nr5uTRayVysi4AqrSqgH1sd-L1WTPsxflxQ/edit?usp=sharing)**
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> Sheet1
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> name,value,year,lastValue,rank
> Persepolis F.C.,49,1381,1
> Esteghlal F.C.,48,1381,2
> Foolad F.C.,45,1381,3
> Pas F.C. (Tehran - Hamedan),43,1381,4
> F.C. Aboumoslem,40,1381,5
> Zob Ahan SC,39,1381,6
> Paykan F.C.,38,1381,7
> Bargh Shiraz...

and my data show:

 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-03-23%2018-47-39](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/observablehq/original/2X/8/8d664f285e3f04d34d7fe9e89b2efc47c2c68327.png)

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**Author:** ![bgchen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/bgchen/32/784_2.png) [@bgchen](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/bgchen)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/data-problem/1811/2 "2019-03-23T14:48:21Z")

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Currently, your notebook link doesn’t work since you haven’t shared it. You can click the “Share link” item in the … menu at the top right of the Observable notebook.

From your screenshot though it looks like you’re using the wrong link for your google doc. I’ve got a tutorial on using google docs data in Observable [here](https://observablehq.com/@bryangingechen/importing-data-from-google-spreadsheets-into-a-notebook-we).

For your purposes, you can skip to step 4 in that tutorial. Since it looks like you’re trying to get a CSV file from google docs, you’ll want to use the “Comma-separated values” share link (which will end in something like `output=csv`) instead of the TSV link. (Alternatively, you could use `d3.tsv` instead of `d3.csv` and follow the directions exactly).

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**Author:** ![mj125](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mj125/32/1575_2.png) [@mj125](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mj125)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/data-problem/1811/3 "2019-03-23T16:25:54Z")

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thanks. data problem solved.