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jaimeroncero
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Custom Visual Script R Polygon map Interactive

Good morning, I am trying to create a map with power bi r script, I cannot use shiny and I cannot use leaflet either, can you recommend some option to represent a polygon map from the R script, it has to be interactive.

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jaimeroncero
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Good morning , and thank for your info. The link is very ussefull.

I have created a map in R with leaflet, and when I load it into Power Bi in R script, I get an error: "no image has been created, the R code has not generated any visual, Please make sure the R script results in a plot on R's default device."


My goal is to load with R, using any library, an interactive map that can click on spatial objects (polygons, points, lines) and return values ​​of their attributes.
Could it be that R Script cannot contain this functionality in Power BI?

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Anonymous
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Hi @jaimeroncero ,

By default, Power BI Desktop doesn't include, deploy, or install the R engine. To run R scripts in Power BI Desktop, you must separately install R on your local computer. 

Then I think you can go to File > Options and settings > Options. Under Global, select R scripting.

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If you want to know more about this, I think you can read this document: How to create geographic maps in Power BI using R (sqlshack.com)

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Yilong Zhou

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