When trying to import a text file which contains only one row of data, the following error message occurs:
Unable to complete action
Unable to connect to the file "[<file name>.txt]". Check that the file exists and that you have sufficient access privileges for it.
Error Code: 38348B38
Text file has no lines
In earlier versions of Tableau, the error appeared as:
Tableau Desktop always reads the first row as a header. The result is, that Tableau Desktop considers the text file as not containing any rows.
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