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siddhartha
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Advocate II

Map issue with certain Post codes

For a dashboard I've designed it shows the Post codes on the PowerBI map on the PowerBI desktop, however it does not show some of the locations on the service if the column name is "Post Code" (or any similar such as Postal Code, Zip Code etc.). 

The annoying part here is that it shows the points on the service if the Column name is different (data being the same) than Post Code (or any similar names). 

 

Column1Post CodeColumn3

test1PL5 2TS1
test2PL7 1YB2
test3PL16 6BJ3

 

Please see the Images , one with column name as Post Code and another with Wharever!

For the first case it does not show the locations for test1 and test3, whereas for the second case it shows all 3 points on the map.

 

 

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v-ljerr-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @siddhartha,

 

Based on my test, if you set Data Category to Place for that column, then it will work in both scenario(no matter what the column name is). Smiley Happy

 

category1.PNG

 

Regards

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v-ljerr-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @siddhartha,

 

Based on my test, if you set Data Category to Place for that column, then it will work in both scenario(no matter what the column name is). Smiley Happy

 

category1.PNG

 

Regards

Thanks buddy, it worked like wonders. I had tried with Post Code as Data category, but did not seem to work.

 

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