Unable to import this shapefile. (Invalid Shapefile: missing shp file.)

[MaudGillespie]

I am having trouble uploading certain shape files to my AGOL account.  I get this error: Unable to import this shapefile. (Invalid Shapefile: missing shp file.)
Using AGOL - personal or organization account type.  I am a "publisher."
What ma I doing wrong?
Or what is wring with this zipped shape file?
I have followed the guidance for uploading correctly formatted shapefiles.

[MatthewKelso]

I'm having the same problem.  No issue importing .csv files, but I've never gotten the zipped .shp package to work.

[SisiYan]

When I unzip the file, you have two folders: _MACOSX and the Tornado Potential. Can you try adding the shapefile to arcmap, export to a file or personal database and then export out again as shapefile and see if works?

[MatthewKelso]

This is a point shapefile that I just made in ArcGIS desktop 10.0 from a .csv.  I get the exact same error message as the OP.  My first try had no .prj, so I made a version in WGS_1984_Web_Mercator, but I got the same result (which is to say no result).

As a side note, I have Adobe Illustrator installed on my machine, and it renames the .sbx files as Illustrator Tsume files on my local machine.  I wouldn't think that would interfere with ArcGIS online, but I'm tossing that fact out there just in case...

[MikeMinami]

Matthew,

Your zip file has a folder in it that contains the shapefile files. There can't be any hierarchy in the zip file.

Thanks,

Mike

[TommyThompson]

I am having the same error show up and I have made sure I have all of the required .shp, prj, dbf, ect. I have also tried to add it to a personal geodatabase and a file geodatabase and they all yeild the same result  (Invalid Shapefile: missing shp file) I have attached the file I am trying to upload any help would be greatly appreciated.

[RandyMarasigan]

Mike is right. Check your zip file again. You should zip the shapefiles directly and not the folder.

Matthew,

Your zip file has a folder in it that contains the shapefile files. There can't be any hierarchy in the zip file.

Thanks,

Mike

[RandyMarasigan]

Hi,

I looked into your zip file and found no shp files in it but a layer package. As far as I know, ArcGIS online doesn't allow other files other than.

"zipped shapefile (ZIP), a comma or tab delimited text file (CSV or TXT), or a GPS data file (GPX) with up to 1000 features in it (or 250 features when geocoding addresses)"

I am having the same error show up and I have made sure I have all of the required .shp, prj, dbf, ect. I have also tried to add it to a personal geodatabase and a file geodatabase and they all yeild the same result  (Invalid Shapefile: missing shp file) I have attached the file I am trying to upload any help would be greatly appreciated.

[MatthewDennison]

Hi my name is Matt,
I am having similar problems. I am trying to send a zipped shapefile, but it keeps saying im missing the shpfile.
My first attachment is my shapefile and the second is when i used winzip. I realize that I have to zip everything individually but I dont know how to do that.

Please help
Thanks

[MikeMinami]

Matt,

Your zip file doesn't contain a shapefile, it contains an ArcMap map document (MXD). That's why it doesn't work. Are you adding shapefiles to your map document as layers? Just zip these files up. A shapefile is actually composed of several files on disk, with extensions like .shp, .prj...

Thanks,

Mike