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dokat
Post Prodigy
4 years ago
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Exclude State from Power BI Map

Hi,

 

I have sales data by US census division that i import to power bi to map out. I downloaded Topjson file and imported to Power BI to be able to make the map work. However map shows Alaska and Hawaii in addition to lower 48 states. I'd like to exclude Alaska and Hawaii so that it only shows lower 48 states in the map. Is this possible to do? Appreciate any help. Thanks

 

Alaska FPIS code is (02) and Hawaii (15). Maybe a code that helps exlude these FPIS from the map?

 

 

 

 

 

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  • V-lianl-msft's avatar
    V-lianl-msft
    4 years ago

    Hi dokat ,

     

    Based on your description, you may need to customize the shape map.

     Go to Google Maps, open "Your Places", Maps, and click Create Map.  Start drawing your own map over the area of the world you are interested in tracing.   I won't go into the details on how to draw a map, but you will find it fairly intuitive and easy.  Use the polygon tool to trace around your custom areas.  

    Here is the blog for your reference:

    https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Create-Your-Own-Custom-Map-for-Power-BI/td-p/165854 


    Best Regards,
    Liang
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    Super User
    4 years ago

    dokat maybe add a visual or page level filter, add State column there, and select all States except Alaska or in the advance filter, where State is not equal to Alaska.

     

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    • dokat's avatar
      dokat
      Post Prodigy
      4 years ago

      parry2k Thanks for your response. My data doesnt have state of Alaska to filter to. The map is coming from US Census website maping files. It doesnt give me option to filter out Alaska.

       

      • V-lianl-msft's avatar
        V-lianl-msft
        Community Support
        4 years ago

        Hi dokat ,

         

        Based on your description, you may need to customize the shape map.

         Go to Google Maps, open "Your Places", Maps, and click Create Map.  Start drawing your own map over the area of the world you are interested in tracing.   I won't go into the details on how to draw a map, but you will find it fairly intuitive and easy.  Use the polygon tool to trace around your custom areas.  

        Here is the blog for your reference:

        https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Create-Your-Own-Custom-Map-for-Power-BI/td-p/165854 


        Best Regards,
        Liang
        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.