While Hex Tiles represent data at a global scale, you can easily select, extract, and analyze a specific area of interest at any level of granularity.

## Select an Area to Extract

1. On a Hex Tile map, pan and zoom to an area of interest.

2. Click the **Draw on Map** button, then create a polygon or rectangle representing a region you want to extract.

Using the Draw on Map tool to outline a polygon for extract.

3. Change to the **Select** option, then right-click the region and select **Extract Data**.

4. The **Extract Dataset** sidebar will appear. Confirm the layer and attribute columns you wish to extract.

Click **Confirm** to proceed to the Extract Dataset window.

5. Confirm that the selected dataset is correct, then name your extracted dataset.

Click **Confirm** to complete the extract. The extracted dataset will now appear in Studio as a new local dataset.

## Analyzing Extracted Data

After you extract your dataset from Hex Tiles, you can analyze it as you would a normal dataset. In the following steps, we will analyze our extracted dataset.

In this example, we want to discover which areas of this region have a large percentage of high-income individuals.

1. Navigate to the **Columns** tab, then select **Add Column** on the extracted dataset.

2. In the **Edit Formula window**, create a formula using columns from the extracted dataset, then select **Create Column**.

Creating a formula to represent the high-income percentage of the population.

When you extracted a region from your Hex Tile map, you extracted all its data columns as well. Use these columns to generate formulas that expose geospatial information.

In this example, the new `percentage_high_earner` column is generated with the expression:

`(sum_income_150000_to_199999 + sum_income_200000_or_more)/sum_total_households`.

3. Navigate to the **Layers** tab, then configure your layer to represent your new column.

Visualizing the new column to explore neighborhoods by high-income percentage.

4. (Optional) Click **Export >> Export Data** to export your extracted dataset.

Exporting the extracted dataset.

## Video Tutorial

Watch the video below to learn how to extract data from Hex Tiles.

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