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Paddhof1984
Helper III
Helper III

Problems with Bing Maps and Alpha-3 Code

Hello,

 

I do have a problem with countries shown incorrectly on the dashboard.

 

I have imported the Alpha-3 and Alpha-2 codes from wikipedia as following:

https://blog.ailon.org/how-to-display-2-letter-country-data-on-a-power-bi-map-85fc738497d6

 

Now this problem occurs:

 

 map_error.JPG

 

A lot of countries are not shown colored on the map, although all countries are selected.

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Advocate II
Advocate II

As far as I can tell, geocoding was changed in the June update and advertised as an "improvement"...

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-june-feature-summary/

 

...but in reality this change has caused the native map visuals to become significantly less user friendly. There are posts on this forum almost every day describing various problems. A few workarounds have been offered, but they are less than ideal. 

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Filled-Map-Issues/m-p/209097#M92215

 

ARCGIS map is better in that regard, but has serious formatting limitations and doesn't interact properly with slicers. 

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