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ksan048
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8 years ago
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Creating Maps With Linear Geometries

Hi all,   I have a shapefie that have linear geometries that represent roads. Power BI doesn't seem to support this...  Does anyone know a way around this? This seems to be fairly easily done in T...
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  • deldersveld's avatar
    deldersveld
    8 years ago

    No Power BI map currently supports linestrings. If you want to try a potential workaround, you could try converting lines to polygons using a tool such as QGIS, then converting to TopoJSON and bringing it into the Shape Map. That *may* work.

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deldersveld
Resident Rockstar
8 years ago

No Power BI map currently supports linestrings. If you want to try a potential workaround, you could try converting lines to polygons using a tool such as QGIS, then converting to TopoJSON and bringing it into the Shape Map. That *may* work.

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ksan048
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

deldersveld Thanks for that! That worked! Now I have a second question (I am new to custom maps so please bare with me), how can I see all the attributes that is within the file that I have imported?

 

Right now, I only get 2 columns and I would like to join an exel spreadsheet to this spatial file so I am able to represent my data.

 

Thanks for your help!

  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi ksan048,

     

    Since your original problem has been resolved, please mark the helpful reply as solution. For any other question, please post a new thread on forum so that more community members can help you.

     

    Thanks,

    Yuliana Gu