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megane123
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5 years ago

US States showing incorrectly on map

Hi All,   I was hoping to get some help with a field that I have labelled as 'State or Province'. It contains 2 letters for all rows, to represent employee states (US). I am then using this field a...
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Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
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5 years ago

megane123 I have not seen that. Where is your tenant located? And what is your language setting for Power BI Desktop?

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    megane123
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    5 years ago

    Greg_Deckler hi! We are based in the US although I am working from Northern Ireland. My PBI Language is set to English (United States)

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      Greg_Deckler
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      5 years ago

      megane123 Hmm, I just tested this and can't reproduce it. This is the relevant information from my tenant. 

      Service version13.0.16691.48
      Client version2108.4.07469-train
      TimeTue Aug 31 2021 07:54:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
      Your data is stored inNorth Central US (Illinois)

       

      You could check the Issues forum here:

      https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues

      And if it is not there, then you could post it.

      If you have Pro account you could try to open a support ticket. If you have a Pro account it is free. Go to https://support.powerbi.com. Scroll down and click "CREATE SUPPORT TICKET".

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        Don-Bot
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        2 years ago

        It's funny you couldn't replicate.  I was able to replicate in 2 minutes using an updated version of Power BI 2 years after you couldn't.

         

        No idea why Power Bi would default to Brazil over a US state but the answer is to make the state MS-US instead of just MS.