What is wrong with my XY map file?

simonp

Hello all,

I am having difficulty with map shape files and I hope you can help. Please see attached 7z file which contains both CanadaFSA-XY.jmp and CanadaFSA-Name.jmp. Basically, I had followed the directions on the tutorial video and blog, and set up the files but for some reason I am getting an error and the graph builder refuses to display the map when CanadaFSA column from CanadaFSA-Name.jmp is pulled to Shape area. The error message in the log is:

Map XY data file, "/Library/Application Support/JMP/9/Maps/CanadaFSA-XY.jmp", does not contain the necessary columns.

I cannot seem to figure out what the issue is. Please help!

Thank you very much in advance.

Patrick

CanadaFSA.7z.zip

XanGregg

The XY file should have 4 columns: Shape ID, Part ID, X, and Y. You're missing Part ID. If every shape has only one part, you still need a Part ID column, which can be all 1s.