Filled Map by 3 digit Zip Code

[Anonymous]

Hi team:

I've been working with filled map to monitor sales, and instead of using the regular 7 digit zip code, we use the prefix of it and plug in a 3 digit zip code:

Nevertheless, the 3 digits Zip codes that starts with a 0 (i.e: CT, MA, ME, etc.), will not display the saturation map.

I've tried turning the 3 digit zip code to text in data type, as well as zip code in data category. I didn't work.

If y'all have an answer for this I will appreaciate it.

Kind regards.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous,

Power BI integrates with Bing to provide default map coordinates and Bing Maps provides filled map shapes for locations around the world. However, without a valid entry in the Location well, Power BI cannot create the filled map.

In your scenario, 3 digits Zip codes that start with 0 are not enough for Bing to correctly display the saturation in map, use regular 7 digit zip code instead or you can add latitude and longitude values to your dataset which return results more quickly.

Regards,
Lydia

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I fixed it by creating a hierarchy of: State - 3 Digit zip code - Zip code. And then drill down by hierarchy.

In this sense the heat map will display the ones that started with a 0.

Thanks.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous,

Power BI integrates with Bing to provide default map coordinates and Bing Maps provides filled map shapes for locations around the world. However, without a valid entry in the Location well, Power BI cannot create the filled map.

In your scenario, 3 digits Zip codes that start with 0 are not enough for Bing to correctly display the saturation in map, use regular 7 digit zip code instead or you can add latitude and longitude values to your dataset which return results more quickly.

Regards,
Lydia