Creating Maps With Linear Geometries

[ksan048]

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 Tableau...

[deldersveld · Accepted solution]

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.

[ksan048]

@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]

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