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Import TopoJson to Shape Map error
Greetings, I used a posting from the Forum to try and import a TopoJson file into Power BI. (https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-import-topoJSON-file-to-make-a-shape-map/td-p/597101)...
You seem to be doing exactly what I warned against doing.
As I posted in the other thread you need 2 things to use shapemaps.
1. A shapemap
2. Some data
Getting a topojson file and importing it to Power Query to try and 'make' a map is not how it works.
I suggest using this tutorial to work out how to do it. (Grab the sample pbix and test with it)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map#use-custom-maps
May I just check that importing a json file with polygon shape information is what you really want to do?
Sometimes people get confused about the shapemap functionality and try to import massive json files into powerbi when what they really want to do is use a topojson shapemap and link that to some other data.