Last Modified Date: 08 Jul 2022
Environment
- Tableau Desktop 2020.2 - 2020.4
Resolution
The small sliver polygons should be removed from the polygon file.- Open the polygon file in a geographic information system (GIS) or other tool for editing spatial files. QGIS is a free and open source option that works well for this.
- If the file uses multipolygon geometries, convert them from multipart to single part
- Calculate the area for the single part polygons
- Delete the polygons with exceptionally small areas (typically much smaller than 1 square meter; generally in the order of 0.001 square meter)
- Collect the geometry back into multipart polygons
- Save your edits
- Refresh your datasource in Tableau, or replace with your edited spatial file, and try the join again
Cause
The issue may occur when very narrow/small polygons are used.This is a known issue in Tableau Desktop that is under investigation by development team.
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