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reno1
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IP address mapping

I have a 'DirectQuery' table set up in Power BI with a field containing IP adresses. Ideally, I would like to visualize the locations of all the IPs using the Map. When I use the 'IP' field as a data input for the Map, I do get some IP addresses that show as a location. The issue is, that these IP addresses are mapped at the incorrect location. Most of the IPs don't even show on the map. I was wondering how others were able to map locations of IPs? I need a method that can automatically locate IPs with no user action, as new data is constantly being added to my table and I need the visualizations to keep in sync.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

  • Hi reno1

     

    You can do it with the following steps below.

     

    You need to create a function with the following code below with the name of fn_GetIPAddress

     

    let
        Source = (#"IP Address" as text) => let
            Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("http://freegeoip.net/json/" & #"IP Address")),
            #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(Source),
            #"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Converted to Table"),
            #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Transposed Table")
        in
            #"Promoted Headers"
    in
        Source

    The function will return the output into a table.

     

    Then what you do is where your data is in the Query Editor you click on Invoke Custom Function, then put in the required fields as shown below.

     

    NOTE: Make sure to select your column above that has got the IP Addresses

    Then once you click Ok you will see the table as shown below.

    Click on the Expand Table button, leave all the defaults and click Ok.

    You should then get the details for each IP Address.

    NOTE: There are more columns but I snipped them off.

     

    Please let me know if this works or you get stuck.

  • Hi reno1

     

    The first step that you need to do, is to create a Blank Query.

    Then go into the Advanced Editor for the Blank Query you just created.

    Once in the Advanced Editor the copy and paste the code.

     

    Once done you should see the function with the option to put in the value

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  • Hi reno1,

     

    From my understanding of IP Addresses you first need to do a lookup to an IP Address database or IP Address file in which you can then find out where the IP Address is allocated from. And then get the output from the IP Address database or file and use that to put it into a map.

     

    I would assume you would need to get the IP Address database or file and then due to the structure of the file, you would need to do some process to find out where the IP Address sits within the range of allocated IP Addresses. Once that is done it would be able to link the location of the IP Address and use that in a map?

     

    It would be a bit of a process to get this working.

    • reno1's avatar
      reno1
      Frequent Visitor

      GilbertQ thanks for the response. 

       

      I have found an IP address database and successfully imported it into power BI. What I am unsure about now is how to find where each IP address sits within the range of IP addresses in the IP database. The IP addresses I have are in the format '8.8.8.8', and the corresponding row in the IP database is '8.8.8.0/16'. Do you have any idea how to do this in Power BI, or where I can go to for information?

      • dkay84_PowerBI's avatar
        dkay84_PowerBI
        Microsoft Employee

        I assume the subnet doesn't change the location of the ip range, correct?

         

        Can you share the IP locations database? Or provide some sample data that we can play with?