orcaviz-pro

Why use Maps in Power BI? “Where” things happen is often a neglected dimension of Business Intelligence. Usually we work in two dimensions, numbers and place names. However, it is not easy to understand the relative proximity of points in data using just the place name, address or zip code. It is much easier when visualised and analysed spatially – the third dimension. Who might benefit? Most data has some form of location component and so viewing that data on a map will give much better insights. For instance, you will be able to see where the data is and whether it is uniformly distributed, or clustered in smaller groups. Using an interactive map will enable you to explore the data by zooming in/out and looking at different areas of data to identify patterns or reasons for the distribution. What can OrcaViz-Pro do? OrcaViz-Pro brings location intelligence into your Power BI reports and dashboards. It enables you to: • Visualise and explore the data points on a map. • Scale the datapoints in relation to a numeric value to see where things are distributed. • Visualise heatmaps of the data, highlighting the clustering of data. • Overlay geographic borders (states, territories, countries etc) • To extract data within a geographic border or a hand drawn shape and create a new dataset. • To count or sum data within geographic boundaries or hand drawn shapes. In addition, sometimes, it is important to see two or more datasets layered on the same map. For instance, you might want to view the location of your businesses and how that relates to the distribution of your customers. To do this in Power BI, you would be required to combine the data into one dataset or use two maps side by side. However, OrcaViz enables you to load additional datasets from your local machine onto the same map. (NB: Additional datasets loaded onto the map cannot be stored with the map in the pbix file). OrcaViz-Pro is a fully functional custom visual but limited to the display of 10,000 data points. If you require more than this, please contact us. You will require latitude and longitude coordinates to visualise your data. If you do not have them, OrcaViz-Pro can add those coordinates, but you will require an API key for Bing Maps.