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9 years ago
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Countries missing on filled map visual

Has anyone had any problems using a filter of countries with the filled map visual? I have a number of countries not found. I have a country slicer and filled map visual, along with other charts. I ...
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    v-huizhn-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

    To create a filled map, the location data should include Bing Map-supported geographic data, such as country/region, state/province, or postal code.

     

    In your resource data, all the values in same hierarchy? When Geographic Structure is Different, it's easy to display wrong locations on filled map. Please review this article for more detials.

    Thanks,
    Angelia

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v-huizhn-msft
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9 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

To create a filled map, the location data should include Bing Map-supported geographic data, such as country/region, state/province, or postal code.

 

In your resource data, all the values in same hierarchy? When Geographic Structure is Different, it's easy to display wrong locations on filled map. Please review this article for more detials.

Thanks,
Angelia

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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Thanks Angelia for the link - interesting, and your general points are worth considering - I've accepted as solutiion.

 

I wasn't actually using geographic structure - just country names, but I might try and resolve some disputed areas in that way. Reza Rad's article (your link) - http://radacad.com/power-bi-filled-map-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly - shows that he too has struggled to find solutions (albeit local level in New Zealand).

 

I have now got Bangladesh working - something in my model I suspect. So the rest are disputed countries/regions.