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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Filled map transparency

Hi    on a filled map i have the issue that the transparency of the colored areas can not be set - it is bold and the map layer is not shining through. I believe it would be helpful to see the uner...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    6 years ago

    AllisonKennedy TomMartens i spotted the issue now. I unpacked the pbix file and checked the differences of the layout file and found that i use different designs. When i changed the Design on the solid file from "Standard" to "Classic" and BOOOOM. Thats it. Also some other designs work, some not. I could not spot a setting in the design to influence it, but this does not matter. If i have time i may look into the json for the designs to see what parameter influences it.

     

     

    Thanks for you help, really appreciated - sometimes you overlook the obvious

     

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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Thanks for all your help so far - i just wanted to test your suggestions and found something that really confuses me. I loaded the file on another Laptop now it is displayed as i want it. Strange enough. 

Difference is in the version:

Original post Version: 2.83.5894.721 64-bit (Juli 2020)

This post Version: 2.83.5894.961 64-bit (Juli 2020)

 

So let me first check update the version on the other laptop and see if this makes the difference.

 

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    Anonymous
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    6 years ago

    Hi Guys,

     

    this drives me absolutly crazy. I opened the file i had on my USB on 2.83.5894.721 it it shows transparancy. I created a new file, loaded the excel sheet with my geocodes and reacreated an new map without any transparency. I compared all setting i could find and can find no difference so far. 

     

     

     
     

     

    My list is very easy - i used for the location field on the filled map the Country and the Postcode area for Germany and Switzerland, the state for Austria (i.e. Deutschland-49 for all Postcodes starting with 49xxx), in the second column i use Sales Manager 1 to 4 to assign them to their sales areas. This works quite well (and is a good workaround for everybody to plot Postcode areas) but why is it in one file transparent, and in the other not? I'd like to share both files (as they do not contain any sensible data yet, it is just a test to plot our sales areas in D and AT) but don't know how.

     

     

     

    Any idea?

     

     

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      TomMartens
      Super User
      6 years ago

      Hey Anonymous ,

       

      to share the files, upload the files to onedrive or dropbox and share the link.

       

      Regards,

      Tom

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        6 years ago

        Moin TomMartens 

         

        thanks for your help - I could have thought of that myself.

         

        The file with  no transparancy

        and the file with transparancy

         

        May you can figure out any difference or a workaround.