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# Load Data

![](/files/JuNV2PhPi0u9ORkbVWWz)

![](/files/E4H9az0quTDfteDg8ELC) - [\[source code\]](https://github.com/ladybug-tools/ladybug-grasshopper/blob/master/ladybug_grasshopper/src//LB%20Load%20Data.py)

Load Ladybug data collections from a CSV, JSON, or PKL file.

### Inputs

* **data\_file \[Required]**

A file path to a CSV, JSON or PKL file from which data collections will be loaded.

* **load \[Required]**

Set to "True" to load the data collections from the \_data\_file.

### Outputs

* **report**

Reports, errors, warnings, etc.

* **data**

A list of honeybee objects that have been re-serialized from the input file.


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