Designer v2022.3 not displaying polygon in Shapefile from Australian Bureau of Statistic

[LIOUJ]

Hi Community,

I recently upgraded to Designer 2022.3 and each time I run a ESRI Shapefile from a trusted source and view it in the Browser, I am unable to see the polygon for Australia.  Instead I am presented with a map of Greenland.  However when I view the same file in a older version of Designer, I am able to see the polygons.  I have attached the shapefile.

[LIOUJ]

This polygon shapefile of Australia is downloaded from the Australian Bureau of Statistics via the following website:

https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/1270.0.55.001July%202016?OpenDocument

"Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) ASGS Ed 2016 Digital Boundaries in ESRI Shapefile Format "

[alexnajm · Accepted solution]

It is weird because I am getting the same behavior of it zooming in on Greenland - however, I am not getting any polygons displayed in Greenland which was encouraging. I used a Spatial Info tool to see the X and Y coordinates of the Centroid, and they do show up in Australia in the correct places.

I would look for a different file in the same site to see if another one resolves this issue. Otherwise I would report it as a bug and continue on with your analyses as I do think the polygons are currently "valid" even if they aren't displaying.

[LIOUJ]

thanks for the confirmation, I've tested other ABS files and they are all the same ... just showing a map of Greenland.  Alteryx must have changed something in version 2022 that caused this error.  Will escalate to Alteryx.

[Logan_Coffey]

Having this same exact issue with this exact same data set from Australia. Our jump was from 2021 to 2023 Alteryx. Would love to know if you found anything out 

[LIOUJ]

I was told by support that release 2023.1 will fix the issue however I haven't tested it nor did the jump, was your jump to 2023.1?

[Logan_Coffey]

Yes it was we jumped from 2021 to 2023. 

[Logan_Coffey]

Hey Liouj - so I think it was simply since I had a custom projection method on. 2023 has some bugs, but go back try to use WGS84 as a projection method. My guess is since we are using the same exact data in the same way - it might yield similar results. 

A note from the support team: 

A projection is the means by which you display the coordinate system and your data on a flat surface. These surfaces help cartographers create two-dimensional maps from the three-dimensional Earth while minimizing distortion in specific properties like area, shape, distance, or direction. It's just different projection displays data differently. . That's why I choose WGS84 as it protect all the property maximum.