# Managing Files

Toucan allows you to easily import files, whether they are located on your **local computer** or on a **remote file server** (S3/FTP).

Toucan supports various file types, including **Excel, CSV, XML, Parquet, JSON, and GEOJSON**. This ensures that you can seamlessly work with different file formats and leverage their data within the Toucan platform

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**Basemaps**

Basemaps files (used in order to build map charts) should be uploaded with geojson extension.
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**Warning**

For optimal performance and storage efficiency, it is not recommended to import large files directly into Toucan.\
If your file is large in size, we highly recommend pre-processing the data within the file before uploading it. Alternatively, you can connect directly to a data warehousing tool for seamless integration and efficient data management.
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