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kral_06's avatar
kral_06
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Cyrillic characters in R custom visuals

Hi everyone.

 

I have created a custom visual using R. It works fine but it does not show cyrillic characteres properly. I've tried adding "Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", "russian")" to the code in script.r but unfortunately it does not help. I have cyrillic characters both in my data and my code (adding axis labels in Russian).

 

Is there any way to fix this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4 Replies

  • v-viig's avatar
    v-viig
    Community Champion
    8 years ago

    We'll discuss this issue with R-script developers and get back with an answer.

     

    Ignat Vilesov,

    Software Engineer

     

    Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

    [email protected]

    • v-viig's avatar
      v-viig
      Community Champion
      8 years ago

      We've got details for R devs.

       

      If seems you have to explicitly use a font that supports Cyrillic characters.

      If you're in Power BI Desktop you have to choose the appropriate font and use par(family = powerbi_rFamilyFontName) as in service.

      If you're in Power BI Service, you have to override powerbi_rFamilyFontName to be the font name and r_powerbiFontName to be the font file name (as font name with .ttf extension).

       

      Please let us know if this solution solves the issue.

       

      Ignat Vilesov,

      Software Engineer

       

      Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

      [email protected]

      • kral_06's avatar
        kral_06
        Frequent Visitor
        8 years ago

        v-viig, thank you very much for your reply. 

         

        I did not understand how and where I should specify the font. Could you give an example or more detailed instructions?