Interactive Map with Multiple Layers of Custom Shapefiles combined with Points data in Power BI

[v3ntrue]

I want to built an interactive map that displays 2 types of data:

• Polygons - I have 4 layers of custom Reference layers (shapefiles)
• Points - Lat/Long data

Additional information:

• Need to have drill-down capability into each layer
• Can get a license for ArcGIS or any other tool if that solves the problem.

I have come up with 3 solutions on how to do this with Power BI but all of them seem to run into some problems. Maybe I am missing something.

1. Power BI Map out-of-the-box.

   • allows to combine Reference layers (shapefiles) with Points data
   • does not allow to use multiple layers of Custom Reference layers (shapefiles)

2. ArcGIS + Power BI.

   • allows to combine Reference layers (shapefiles) with Points data
   • allows to use multiple layers of Custom Reference layers (shapefiles)
   • does not allow to keep your custom Reference layers (shapefiles) private. You have to upload your shapefiles first o ArcGIS Online and then "Share" them with "Public" to be able to import them into Power BI. Which is not possible at this time.

3. Mapbox + Power BI

   • allows to use multiple layers of custom Reference layers (shapefiles/tiles) AND keep them private.
   • does not allow to combine choropleth map with multiple layers of custom shapefiles/tiles with Points (lat/long) data on a same visualization.

Appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks!

[Steenkyk76]

v3ntrue Did you ever get a response to this issue? I am currently experiencing the same problem with visualizing private polygon data as a map backdrop in Power BI.