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Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
Shape Map color saturation not working
Struggling with a Shape Map for days. I am trying to get the colors based on the Political party (Democrat, Republican, Independent). Location value is "States" which is every state in the United St...
- 5 years ago
Hi Anonymous
I created some dummy data for other states then I created a column to store the color for the majority party and used that as color saturation
Majority Color = VAR _Dem = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Append1'), FILTER('Append1', 'Append1'[Party] = "Democrat" && 'Append1'[State Long] = EARLIER([State Long]) )) VAR _Rep = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Append1'), FILTER('Append1', 'Append1'[Party] = "Republican" && 'Append1'[State Long] = EARLIER([State Long]) )) VAR _Ind = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Append1'), FILTER('Append1', 'Append1'[Party] = "Independent" && 'Append1'[State Long] = EARLIER([State Long]) )) RETURN SWITCH( TRUE(), _Dem > _Rep && _Dem > _Ind, 0, _Rep > _Dem && _Rep > _Ind, 1, 2 )Because the Shape Map uses color shading, the different parties need discrete values to respresent them, each one can be assigned a specific color then.
You can also do this with a Filled Map where I worked out the majority party (similar code to above)
Majority Party = VAR _Dem = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Append1'), FILTER('Append1', 'Append1'[Party] = "Democrat" && 'Append1'[State Long] = EARLIER([State Long]) )) VAR _Rep = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Append1'), FILTER('Append1', 'Append1'[Party] = "Republican" && 'Append1'[State Long] = EARLIER([State Long]) )) VAR _Ind = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Append1'), FILTER('Append1', 'Append1'[Party] = "Independent" && 'Append1'[State Long] = EARLIER([State Long]) )) RETURN SWITCH( TRUE(), _Dem > _Rep && _Dem > _Ind, "Democrat", _Rep > _Dem && _Rep > _Ind, "Republican", "Independent" )Each party being assigned the relevant color.
The sample file above contains all this data and both maps.
Regards
Phil
PhilipTreacy
5 years agoSuper User
Anonymous
no worries 🙂