Error : "check That The File Exists And That You Have Sufficient Access Privileges For It" When Connect To Geojson

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Error : "check That The File Exists And That You Have Sufficient Access Privileges For It" When Connect To Geojson

Published: 23 Jun 2020
Last Modified Date: 08 Jul 2022

Issue

Upon connecting to to Geojson, an error occurred while communicating with the data source:

Unable to connect to the file "<path>/<file>.geojson". Check that the file exists and that you have sufficient access privileges for it
Cannnot connect to spatial file: "<path>/<file>.geojson". GDAL Library Error: "Failed to read GeoJSON data"
The table "<table>" does not exist.

Environment

Tableau Desktop
Geojson

Resolution

1. Check the Geojson file for any syntax error. Make sure there are matching brackets, etc.

2. Check if there are any missing coordinates values.
e.g. "coordinates": [ NaN, NaN ]
If there are any values showing NaN, remove or replace with the correct coordinate values in the data.