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gwp
Advocate II
9 years ago
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Clustering

Does the "automatically find clusters" functionality referrred to in the November 2016 release announcement actually exist? I have enabled "Clustering" under Options/Preview Features, but I cannot fi...
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  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi gwp,

     

    Yes, to use Automatically find clusters feature, we shouldn't place any field in Legend property. As after we click Automatically find clusters button and the clustering algorithm runs, it will create a new categorical field with the different cluster groups in it. This new field will be adding to the scatter chart's legend property automatically to class bubbles.

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

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dkay84_PowerBI
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

Did you check your version of PBI from the desktop app itself (under File > Options and Settings > Options > Diagnostics)?

 

Have you read/watched this: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-november-feature-summary/#analytics

 

Also, be aware that the auto clustering is pretty limited in that if you don't have the correct data and data formats then it wont be available as an option. 

 

If you can and want to share your data (dummy data is okay) or pbix file, I can take a look at it and see why it may not be working.

 

Last, since this seems to be an isolated issue for you, I would open a support ticket.

 

 

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BI_Quest
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

1) Yes I did: "File > Options and Settings > Options > Diagnostics"

 

2) Yes I watched the video.

 

3) Could you send me data that works instead?

 

4) How do I open a ticket?

  • BI_Quest's avatar
    BI_Quest
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    Is there anyone else on this list who could send me a data set that works, so I could test it on my machine?

     

    Also, this issue is not necessarily isolated to me, but I seem to be the first person to report it?

     

    Until then, could someone change the status of this issue to "Unsolved"?

     

    Thank you!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    Hi

     

    I had this issue on the most recent build of Power BI Desktop, 2.65.5313.841 64-bit (December 2018).

    As mentioned by a previous poster, this feature is no longer on preview so you don't need to turn on anything specifically.

    My issue was because I converted an existing visual to a scatter chart and then tried to apply automatic clustering.

    I fixed this by doing the following:

    1. Remove the visual

    2. Add a new Scatter Chart

    3. Set the details, x-axis and y-axis as required.

    4. Viola! The "Automatically find clusters" item is available in the "..." menu

    5. Click this item and the clustering is applied as expected.

     

    Hope this helps.

    Ashley