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Zenita's avatar
Zenita
Advocate I
8 years ago

Map chart language (Power BI Desktop)

Hi,   When I originally installed Power BI Desktop I did not see that there was an advanced section where you could choose language. I just downloaded and started to work with it.   I didn’t susp...
Zenita's avatar
Zenita
Advocate I
8 years ago

Hi Yuliana,

 

Sorry but your reply did not help. I have already tried to change every language or regional setting that I can find. Nothing helps. And I have uninstalled and re-installed Power BI Desktop to make sure that it is the English version.

 

Perhaps a silly question but: If all the menus, buttons, fields, tooltips and all other aspects of the UI are in English, don’t I have an English version? The “About” information available in the “Help” menu doesn’t indicate that I have a Swedish version. I must assume that the Power BI Desktop installation is English.

 

I have checked the following language / regional settings:

  • The operating system – I have Windows 7 Enterprise. It doesn’t say anything about Swedish version. Every program I use is in English. All of them display English menus and other UI details.
  • The IE browser (even though I don’t see why this would affect the desktop application)
  • “Region and Language” (from the control panel)
    • Format – Set to Swedish since I need date and time format to be in Swedish.
    • Location – Set to United States.
    • Administrative – Set to English (United States), i.e. the system locale.

Operating systemBrowser settingRegion and Language

Does the “Format”-setting have to be changed as well? I hope not since this affects other things that I really don't want in English format.

 

Are there any other places that needs to be changed? Please let me know.

 

Thanks in advance,

Zenita

  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi Zenita,

     

    From above screenshot, it looks like your desktop is English version indeed. Based on my research, even I installed a different version desktop rather than English, the map visual would display address name in English. So, per my understanding, the displayed name in map visual is dertermined by your geographically location. Could you check whether your colleagues encounter the same problem?

     

    Regards,

    Yuliana Gu

    • Zenita's avatar
      Zenita
      Advocate I
      8 years ago

      Hi,

       

      I tested with one colleague. She sees the continent names in English.

       

      So, what am I doing wrong?

       

      I am keeping my fingers crossed for a good tip. :smileyfrustrated:

      • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
        v-yulgu-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago

        Hi Zenita,

         

        Unfortunately, I didn't find the cause to this problem and I was unable to reproduce this problem in my environment. If you have a Pro license, you could create a support ticket for free to get more advice.

         

        Regards,

        Yuliana Gu