Power BI – Format Filled Map

Formatting a filled map in Power BI is essential for enhancing the visual appeal and readability of geographic data visualizations. A filled map displays data values across geographic regions by shading or coloring each region based on the corresponding data values. By formatting the filled map, users can customize the appearance of the map to better communicate insights and highlight important information.

Power BI offers various formatting options for filled maps, including color schemes, data labels, legend placement, and tooltips. Users can choose color gradients or categorical color palettes to represent data values effectively and ensure clarity and consistency in the visualization. Additionally, they can adjust the transparency or opacity of map elements to provide a better understanding of overlapping regions or densely populated areas.

Filled Map                                                                                                                                Creating Filled Map in Power BI Desktop using the loaded dataset. To create a Filled Map in Power BI Desktop you need a Geographical data type like Country, State, City etc…, In this Dataset there is already the Geographical data type values are available, check your Dataset then create the Map. 

Click on the “ Filled Map” icon. This will add an empty Filled Map visual to the report canvas. 

In the “Visualizations” pane on the right side, locate the dataset fields you want to use for the column chart. Select the Geographical data type like Country, State, City etc…, into the “Location” section of the “Visualizations” pane.You can also select the desired field into the “Legend” section of the “Visualizations” pane. 

You can also select the desired field into the “Tooltips” section of the “Visualizations” pane. If you hover your curser to any of the states you can see the Profit details.

Power BI – Format Filled Map