Map legend color doesn't match bubble color with custom data color

[RobertW]

I have created a map with multiple groups of locations.  Some groups contain the same location(s) as other groups.  The data set only has City and Group.  Here is a snapshot of the data set:

GROUP ID           CITY

Group 21             Birmingham, AL

Group 1               Birmingham, AL

Group 3               Birmingham, AL

Group 5               Birmingham, AL

Group 9               Birmingham, AL

Group 31             Birmingham, AL

Group 34             Birmingham, AL

Group 35             Birmingham, AL

Group 37             Birmingham, AL

Group 42             Birmingham, AL

Group 5               Decatur, AL

Group 9               Decatur, AL

Group 34             Decatur, AL

Group 42             Decatur, AL

Group 1               Dothan, AL

Group 3               Dothan, AL

Group 31             Dothan, AL

Group 35             Dothan, AL

Group 37             Dothan, AL

Group 42             Dothan, AL

I have added City as the Location and Group ID as the Legend.  This results in pie chart bubbles on cities with multiple groups.  So far, so good.  I have gone into visual properties of the legend and overridden the colors of several groups.  The legend shows the new colors and when using Group ID in a slicer to limit the map display, the map bubbles match the legend in PowerBI Desktop.  However, when I publish, the online version has the color change in the legend, but the bubble colors match what the default color would have been before I overrode them.  The mismatch between the legend and bubble color appears to be a recent phenomenon as it did not do this when I first uploaded the map a couple of weeks ago.

To reproduce the problem, load the data above in PowerBI Desktop, drag city to create a map and use Group ID for the legend.  Then, set the data color for Group 31 to one color (AA0000, for example) and Group 34 to a different color (00AA00).  Next, add a slicer using Group ID along with multi-select enabled.  When you click Group 31 and Group 34 in the slicer, you should a mix of green and red bubbles, with one bubble that is both green and red.  Finally, publish the report and look at it on the web.  When I do this, Group 31 and Group 34 still show red and green in the legend, but the bubble colors match the original default colors.

Any idea what is going on?

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

Robert

[v-haibl-msft]

@RobertW

I can repro the same issue as you. I’ve reported it internally to Power BI Team: CRI 35901546
I’ll post here once I get any update about it.

Best Regards,
Herbert

[v-haibl-msft]

@RobertW

Fix will be in May 2017 version of PBI Desktop.

Best Regards,
Herbert

[RobertW]

Thank you for the response.  It is good to hear that this will be fixed in the may 2017 release.

[v-haibl-msft]

@RobertW

This issue should has been fixed both in Desktop and Service now.

Best Regards,
Herbert

[rsdoyle]

I am using Power NBI desktop.  The custom colors chosen fo bubbles on map look correct on legend, but bubbles on map do not match.  Map bubles are off in color and muted.  The distortion is significant enough that deep blue bubbles are hard to distinguish between blue and purple, and orange from brown.  I am not color blind, and I am comparing colors in legend immediately over the map to the bubble in the map. (Edit was to improve clipped view of map)