Importing a DBF containing X-Y Values into QGIS
Suppose you have a DBF (.dbf) file containing X and Y values that you want to import and save as a spatial layer.
QGIS doesn’t support direct import of a DBF file as a map layer, however, we can use some command line magic to convert it to a CSV file and then use the Delimited Text plugin to get the job done.
Your DBF file should have an id for each record and fields containing X and Y values.