{"id":22200,"date":"2020-01-21T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=22200"},"modified":"2020-01-29T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:04:10","slug":"how-to-using-powerbi-shape-map-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/cross-industry\/2020\/01\/21\/how-to-using-powerbi-shape-map-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"How to visualise geospatial data by location to inform better decision making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations produce so much data these days that it can be difficult to manage and make sense of it all \u2013 especially for those who aren\u2019t data scientists. But using data visualisation helps communicate data insights in a way that makes it easy for everyone in the business to understand data and its importance.<\/p>\n<p>Data visualisation can be used to provide more insight than traditional descriptive statistics can\u2019t. It can also be used to see distinct patterns and observations that won\u2019t be immediate if you wade through data line-by-line.<\/p>\n<p>This allows companies to gather and quickly act on their data. Faster, informed decision making makes organisations more responsive in an increasingly competitive market.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve put together a very short tutorial on how to use the PowerBI preview tool called Shape Map to help you visualise data across regions. Shape Maps are unique in its ability to use custom maps based on TOPOJSON files. It distinguishes the different regions of the map by using different colours in a way that&#8217;s easy on the eye.<\/p>\n<h2>Prerequisites<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable the preview feature Shape Map Visual<\/li>\n<li>The UK-Counties TOPOJSON file &#8211; download it <a href=\"https:\/\/microsofteur-my.sharepoint.com\/:u:\/g\/personal\/t-mouddi_microsoft_com\/ESo_le9TCTtClGPdXgI5sLkBo-EW1jJiAOI4AX5ahqLN2Q?e=Th8u7U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The sample use case data &#8211; download it <a href=\"https:\/\/microsofteur-my.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/g\/personal\/t-mouddi_microsoft_com\/ESjuoRdzqFRIg7VtHLoYzu0B0MxTl5dfNndUwB3Mrbx5mQ?e=bSY8fv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Enable Shape Map Visual<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have PowerBI go to Options by clicking on <strong>File<\/strong>, then <strong>Options and settings<\/strong>, then finally <strong>Options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map.jpg\" alt=\"Enable Shape Map Visual\" width=\"578\" height=\"620\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-233x250.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-326x350.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-800x858.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-400x429.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clicking on Options will lead to the window as seen below. Ensure that <strong>Shape Map Visual<\/strong> is <strong>ticked<\/strong>. Once this is done, <strong>restart<\/strong> PowerBI for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2.png\" alt=\"Ensure that Shape Map Visual is ticked.\" width=\"558\" height=\"567\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2.png 1284w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-1007x1024.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-246x250.png 246w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-330x336.png 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-800x814.png 800w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2-400x407.png 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All set! You should now see the Shape Map icon <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-3.jpg\" alt=\"Shape map button\" width=\"44\" height=\"48\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-3.jpg\" \/>in your Visualisation tab.<\/p>\n<h2>Importing Sample Data<\/h2>\n<p>In a new PowerBI window click on <strong>Get Data<\/strong> and select <strong>Text\/CSV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-4.jpg\" alt=\"Importing Sample Data\" width=\"345\" height=\"390\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-4.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-4-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-4-221x250.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-4-310x350.jpg 310w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the select file dialog appears, choose the provided file <strong>countydata.csv.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-5.jpg\" alt=\"choose the provided file countydata.csv.\" width=\"602\" height=\"436\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-5.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-5-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-5-330x239.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-5-400x290.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on <strong>Transform Data<\/strong> on the new window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-6.jpg\" alt=\"Click on Transform Data on the new window\" width=\"602\" height=\"453\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-6.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-6-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-6-330x248.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-6-400x301.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now <strong>rename<\/strong> the top two columns to <strong>County<\/strong> and <strong>Value<\/strong> as shown below. Once you&#8217;ve done that click <strong>Save<\/strong> <strong>and Apply.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-7.jpg\" alt=\"Showing a visual of Now renaming the top two columns to County and Value.\" width=\"361\" height=\"116\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-7.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-7-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-7-330x106.jpg 330w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Shape Map Visual<\/h2>\n<p>On the <strong>Visualizations<\/strong> pane <strong>select<\/strong> the <strong>Shape Map<\/strong> icon &#8211; the one that has a <strong>red ring<\/strong> around it in the below picture:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8.jpg\" alt=\"Select the Shape Map icon in the Visualizations pane\" width=\"500\" height=\"527\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8-237x250.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8-330x348.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8-400x421.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will end up with something plain looking like this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-9.jpg\" alt=\"First map visual.\" width=\"199\" height=\"151\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not very eye-catching is it? Let&#8217;s fix that, shall we!<\/p>\n<p>On the <strong>fields<\/strong> pane, <strong>select County<\/strong> and <strong>Value.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10.jpg\" alt=\"The fields pane\" width=\"608\" height=\"697\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10-218x250.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10-305x350.jpg 305w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10-400x459.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-10.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now under the <strong>Format<\/strong> tab in the <strong>Visualizations<\/strong> pane, select <strong>Add Map<\/strong> and <strong>choose<\/strong> the <strong>uk-counties.json<\/strong> file from whatever directory you saved it in. Your subsequent pane should look something like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-11.png\" alt=\"The Format tab in the Visualizations pan\" width=\"351\" height=\"852\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-11.png 351w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-11-124x300.png 124w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-11-103x250.png 103w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-11-144x350.png 144w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-11.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your Shape Map should be complete. As specified by the data source, the following counties are represented in the map; <strong>Bedfordshire<\/strong>, <strong>Berkshire<\/strong> and <strong>West Midlands<\/strong>. I highly recommend you <strong>add<\/strong> more <strong>county<\/strong> and subsequent <strong>values<\/strong> in the <strong>CSV<\/strong> file to make the map look more <strong>distinct<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12.jpg\" alt=\"Shape map visual.\" width=\"459\" height=\"453\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12-253x250.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12-330x326.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12-400x395.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/using-power-bi-map-12.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This map will help you visual data in a way that will help your business make more informed decisions, gains actionable insights, and quickly respond to a competitive market.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Matthew Stephen.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail webp-format alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/Jalal-Uddin-150x150.webp\" alt=\"Jalal Uddin headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/Jalal-Uddin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/Jalal-Uddin.jpg 200w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/01\/Jalal-Uddin-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>About the author<\/h2>\n<p>Jalal Uddin is a Cloud Solution Architect Intern at Microsoft, UK. He is passionate about empowering customers to learn how to use data to discover actionable insights to be more productive, more profitable, and more competitive. Jalal is completing a Computer Science Degree at Aston University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data visualisation can be used to provide more insight than traditional descriptive statistics can\u2019t. 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