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Filled Map Bug?
Hi TBStacey - To get the shape map, click on File in the top-left corner, then select Options and settings, and then click on Options.In the Options window, go to the Preview features section. Check the box for Shape map visual. Click OK to confirm. You will need to restart Power BI Desktop for the change to take effect.
Configure the data category
Select the locaton/state provience columns,In the Column tools tab, set the Data category to "State or Province".
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I don't have the 'Shape Map' in my options. I looked to see if I could import it, but it wasn't an option in the addtional list either.
The problem with providing sample data is, the Filled Map is not consistent on when it works and when it doesn't, as you can see via my previous photos. Sometimes it displays correctly on the desktop version, but the same version will not work on the online app when published there. Sometimes it won't display correctly on the desktop version or online app. It doesn't seem to be predictable, but the data source is always the same.
I can't change the source data as it is connected to a database, I can only change the field the map populates from (such as using the animal_state which says 'CO' and creating a new field that says 'Colorado, USA' which is displaying in the filled map as GA (per photo above).
Georgia is not an animal_state in any rows within the dataset, so I don't understand why it keeps getting filled depending on what I'm trying to pull in. County or State, Georgia keeps getting filled. I even checked on the county that is populating when Georgia is filled and a county with that name (Comanche County, Texas) doesn't exist in the state of Georgia.
Hi TBStacey - To get the shape map, click on File in the top-left corner, then select Options and settings, and then click on Options.In the Options window, go to the Preview features section. Check the box for Shape map visual. Click OK to confirm. You will need to restart Power BI Desktop for the change to take effect.
Configure the data category
Select the locaton/state provience columns,In the Column tools tab, set the Data category to "State or Province".
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Appreciate your Kudos!!
The shape map is accurately reflecting the data. While that doesn't solve the problem of the filled map not working accurately, it does provide a work around, so thank you! I'll mark your reply as the solution (work around)). Maybe someday the filled map will work accurately, until then, I appreciate having an accurate option.