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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Multiple columns for map graph

Hi guys!

I am making a database of scientific articles. There are usually a few authors from various countries for a single article. 

For example, an article includes authors from the USA, UK, Germany.

I prepared a database containing the USA, UK, and Germany in different columns (country1, country2, and country3 respectively).

I am trying to choose Country1, Country2, and Country3 to map all of them, but the Power BI shows only the USA (e.g. country 1 column). 

Is there any option to merge countries to show all of them on the map? If yes, which delimiter should be used (space, comma...)?

Is there any option to link a few columns to build a map? 

 

Please advice. 

 

Best wishes,

Alisa

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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    5 years ago

    Hey Anonymous ,

     

    in order to show everything at once, all the countries should be in a country-column. If you put a single column for each country you will have a hard time to analyze things.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
     
    Best regards
    Denis
     

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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    Most Valuable Professional
    5 years ago

    Hey Anonymous ,

     

    in order to show everything at once, all the countries should be in a country-column. If you put a single column for each country you will have a hard time to analyze things.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
     
    Best regards
    Denis
     
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Hi selimovd thanks! I actually solved it, but putting all countries in a single column and then I did a split by rows in power BI database. 

      But now I have another question. How to do a map, showing the number of mentioned China, USA, Russia and etc? 

      Sorry, I am very new to the power BI 🙂