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I successfully generate spatial weights matrix file (SWM) to get the nearest neighbors for polygons shapes in ArcMap 10.2.2 but I am confused how to open this file its a compressed file and when I try t open it I get error to open the compressed file.

I searched on net and found that this file can be converted to table and open in excel but I didn't find the tool that can do this in the ArcMap any suggestion?

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This file is created in binary file format so the values in the file cannot be viewed directly. To view or edit the feature relationships in an SWM file, use the Convert_Spatial_Weights_Matrix_to_Table tool.

This tool will convert a binary spatial weights matrix file (.swm) to a table (that you can then export to Excel with the GP tool Table to Excel.

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  • thanks alex for replying but I confused on how to access this tool through arc map 10.2.2 I followed this path Desktop » Geoprocessing » Tool reference » Spatial Statistics toolbox but from the page that you post it above but I couldn't find it there
    – Ahmad Ghazi Altarabsheh
    Commented Apr 27, 2015 at 23:05
  • You should access this tool from ArcToolbox - resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//…
    – Alex Tereshenkov
    Commented Apr 28, 2015 at 3:05

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