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Filled Map by 3 digit Zip Code
Hi team:
I've been working with filled map to monitor sales, and instead of using the regular 7 digit zip code, we use the prefix of it and plug in a 3 digit zip code:
Nevertheless, the 3 digits Zip codes that starts with a 0 (i.e: CT, MA, ME, etc.), will not display the saturation map.
I've tried turning the 3 digit zip code to text in data type, as well as zip code in data category. I didn't work.
If y'all have an answer for this I will appreaciate it.
Kind regards.
Anonymous,
Power BI integrates with Bing to provide default map coordinates and Bing Maps provides filled map shapes for locations around the world. However, without a valid entry in the Location well, Power BI cannot create the filled map.
In your scenario, 3 digits Zip codes that start with 0 are not enough for Bing to correctly display the saturation in map, use regular 7 digit zip code instead or you can add latitude and longitude values to your dataset which return results more quickly.
Regards,
Lydia
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Anonymous,
Power BI integrates with Bing to provide default map coordinates and Bing Maps provides filled map shapes for locations around the world. However, without a valid entry in the Location well, Power BI cannot create the filled map.
In your scenario, 3 digits Zip codes that start with 0 are not enough for Bing to correctly display the saturation in map, use regular 7 digit zip code instead or you can add latitude and longitude values to your dataset which return results more quickly.
Regards,
Lydia