How to create and use Maps in Power BI?

Using a Power BI map is a great way to visualize data that represent locations.

With visually appealing maps and easy-to-understand content, your users will be able to gain more insight into your data.

Power BI is a business intelligence and analytics tool fit for non-technical and technical users to manage, analyze, visualize and share data with others.

One of its key features is visualization — that is, present data and insights using appealing visuals.

Among the visuals available in Power BI are maps. 

There are 4 types of core or built-in map visuals:

• Map (Basic)
• Filled Map
• ArcGIS Maps
• Shape Map

Using a map is also a good idea if you would like to show insight about quantity or something related to numbers that are connected to certain locations.

After loading your data, let’s create a Map using the Power BI Map option below:

• Select the Report layout and click on the Map visualizations

• Next, you need to enter some fields such as Location, Latitude, Longitude, and Size. You can enter the City in the Location field by dragging and dropping the column to the Location field as shown below

You will observe that the Power BI automatically finds the cities present in your data on the Map

• Next, you can use other column fields to filter your data and then visualize it on the map. In addition, you can format your Power BI Map using the Format option

Hope this helps 🙂