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Hi all,
I have a filled map visualization that looks like this:
It currently is summarizing sales by state, but I'd like to have another map that shows sales by a defined region. Is there a way (or another visualization) that can accomplish this?
Here is how I'd like the states to be grouped:
| State | Abreviation | Region |
| Maryland | MD | Midatlantic |
| Vermont | VT | Midatlantic |
| Delaware | DE | Midatlantic |
| New Jersey | NJ | Midatlantic |
| New York | NY | Midatlantic |
| Pennsylvania | PA | Midatlantic |
| Virginia | VA | Midatlantic |
| West Virginia | WV | Midatlantic |
| Wisconsin | WI | Midwest |
| Illinois | IL | Midwest |
| Indiana | IN | Midwest |
| Iowa | IA | Midwest |
| Kansas | KS | Midwest |
| Michigan | MI | Midwest |
| Minnesota | MN | Midwest |
| Nebraska | NE | Midwest |
| Ohio | OH | Midwest |
| Arkansas | AR | Midwest |
| Missouri | MO | Midwest |
| North Dakota | ND | Midwest |
| South Dakota | SD | Midwest |
| Massachusetts | MA | Northeast |
| Maine | ME | Northeast |
| Connecticut | CT | Northeast |
| New Hampshire | NH | Northeast |
| North Carolina | NC | Northeast |
| Rhode Island | RI | Northeast |
| Oregon | OR | West |
| Washington | WA | West |
| Alaska | AK | West |
| California | CA | West |
| Hawaii | HI | West |
| Idaho | ID | West |
| Montana | MT | Rockies |
| Utah | UT | Rockies |
| Wyoming | WY | Rockies |
| Colorado | CO | Rockies |
| Nevada | NV | West |
| Florida | FL | Southeast |
| Alabama | AL | Southeast |
| Georgia | GA | Southeast |
| Kentucky | KY | Southeast |
| Louisiana | LA | Southeast |
| Mississippi | MS | Southeast |
| South Carolina | SC | Southeast |
| Tennessee | TN | Southeast |
| Arizona | AZ | Southwest |
| New Mexico | NM | Southwest |
| Oklahoma | OK | Southwest |
| Texas | TX | Southwest |
| Alberta | AB | Northwest CAN |
| Ontario | ON | Northwest CAN |
| British Columbia | BC | Northwest CAN |
| Quebec | QC | Quebec |
| New Brunswick | NB | Northeast CAN |
| Saskatchewan | SK | Northwest CAN |
| Nova Scotia | NS | Northeast CAN |
| Manitoba | MB | Northeast CAN |
| Yukon | YK | Northwest CAN |
Thanks!
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Hi @STS_Joshua ,
The link you provided is another visual "Shape Maps", please refer to this document: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map.
Best Regards,
Teige
Has the filled map visual changed recently? I found this thread that shows how to create a custom map and import it into the filled map visual but that doesn't appear to be possible anymore?
Hi @STS_Joshua ,
The link you provided is another visual "Shape Maps", please refer to this document: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map.
Best Regards,
Teige
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