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Tim Hayden on 08 Jun 2015 20:15:19

Can PowerBI Map visualizations show "routing"?

For example, a record has "From" and "To" address info (either street address or lat/long). The Map visual would show a "line" linking the two locations. Like an airline route map. The thickness of the line could be volume/expression related.

Could be used for logistics route map visualizations.

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Damian Gibson on 30 Sep 2022 03:15:43

RE: Power BI Map Routing

My company would derive a huge amount of benefit from a feature like this. It will allow us to see, at a glance, where our products are routed with a view to simplifying and capturing efficiencies and reducing overlap. Almost any company that transports products can benefit from such a visual. I have attempted to use the custom Flow Map provided by Weiwei Cui but have found it grinds to a halt when entering GPS co-ordinates even on a small (less than 100 rows) dataset.

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Beth Roach on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:54

RE: Power BI Map Routing

Great idea! This is needed.

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Dan Bailey on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:54

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This idea is very important for supply chain visualizations, showing the paths for sourcing.
If you wanted to enhance the idea, you could allow the functionality to be displayed on a custom picture uploaded by the user. Then instead of just maps it could be material flow through a warehouse or factory with coordinates to represent locations. Same concept

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:54

RE: Power BI Map Routing

This feature/add-on is valuable info to have in supply chain for better operations planning.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:30

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Can't believe this isn't already there...would be super useful

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:24

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Would love to see this :)

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:24

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This would be a great add

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:24

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totally needed

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Jason Jiang on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:24

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Given the popularity of network analysis (particular for Supply Chain Distribution Network), the feature will be very helpful for visualizing the results

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:24

RE: Power BI Map Routing

Would love to have this added