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Dunner2020
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6 years ago
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Highlighting area on map

Hi there,   I am trying to highlight the area of region or city on the map instead of showing a circle on the map. Is there any advice of doing that in Power BI?
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  • andre's avatar
    andre
    6 years ago

    You cannot draw arbitrary lines using default Power BI maps, if you want to highlight things like countries, states or postal codes, then you can use a Filled Map. There are custom visuals that allow you to load your own polygons (or you can try to use the Shape Map) but that's about it

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amitchandak
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6 years ago

Dunner2020 , refer

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-map-tips-and-tricks

 

use Shape Map
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map
https://dataveld.com/2016/09/12/topojson-map-files-for-power-bi-shape-map/
https://medium.com/weareservian/power-bi-custom-maps-part-ii-shape-map-939873da3f66
https://radacad.com/shape-map-better-than-the-filled-map
https://doc.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-powerbi/get-started/prepare-your-data.htm

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    Dunner2020
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    6 years ago

    amitchandak , Sorry I meant draw boundary lines, not highlighting the area. Is there any way of doing that?

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      andre
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      6 years ago

      You cannot draw arbitrary lines using default Power BI maps, if you want to highlight things like countries, states or postal codes, then you can use a Filled Map. There are custom visuals that allow you to load your own polygons (or you can try to use the Shape Map) but that's about it