gdb.zip) in the Files tab when you create a new workbook and connect to data. zip, and Esri File Geodatabases with the extension. With a Creator licence in Tableau Online or Tableau Server, you can upload spatial file formats that only require one file (KML, GeoJSON, TopoJSON, Esri shapefiles packaged in a. You can then create point, line or polygon maps using the data in those files. In Tableau Desktop, you can connect to the following spatial file types: Shapefiles, MapInfo tables, KML (Keyhole Markup Language) files, GeoJSON files, TopoJSON files and Esri File Geodatabases.
