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Google Maps For Power BI. Configuration Guide 2023

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GOOGLE MAPS FOR POWER BI

Configuration Guide
CONTENTS

03
Overview

04
Google Maps for Power BI
component configuration

10
Google Maps API Configuration
3 OVERVIEW

FEATURES:
Category colors for your objects;
Filter your results by categories;
Filter your results by a custom circle or polygon;
Google Place Search by category or specific name with the ability to review
information about it;
Address Search;
Enable radii around objects, Google Places, or a specific address and filter your
objects inside these radii;
Auto Zoom;
Heatmap Layer;
Switch to Google Street View when needed;
Go back to the previous step; Change the type of Marker Shape;
Upload custom layers to filter by any territories;
Explore the map from a Satellite View;
Work with a dataset that contains more than 30,000 rows at lightning-fast speed using
the 'Very Large Dataset' feature.
4
GOOGLE MAPS COMPONENT
CONFIGURATION
To configure the Google Maps for Power BI component, please complete the following
steps:
1. Open Power BI application.
2. On the start page, click the three dots button in the Visualization section on the right
side.

3. Select “Get more visuals”.


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GOOGLE MAPS COMPONENT
CONFIGURATION
4. In the opened window, type 'Google Maps' in the search field and select the Dynamica
Labs visual.

5. Click on the “Add” button.


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GOOGLE MAPS COMPONENT
CONFIGURATION
6. Select the 'Google Maps for Power BI' visual that appears.

7. Get you data.


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GOOGLE MAPS COMPONENT
CONFIGURATION
8. On the right side of the screen, fill in the following fields:

ID: A unique record ID. This field is required for filtering and displaying your objects.
Latitude and Longitude: These are the required coordinates that represent geographic
locations.
Tooltips: Select one or more columns from the table to display information about your
object by clicking on it. This field is optional.
Label: Choose a column from the table to display information, such as the name,
above your objects by default. This field is optional.
Categories: You can use this to categorize your objects by types or functional
purpose. This field is optional.

Please note:
Your data must contain Latitude and Longitude coordinates. The system cannot process
addresses in text format. There are many tools available (extensions, paid and free online
platforms, and more) to convert addresses into latitude and longitude coordinates.
For example, you can use the following free platforms:
https://www.geoapify.com/tools/geocoding-online
https://mygeodata.cloud/converter/xls-to-latlong
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GOOGLE MAPS COMPONENT
CONFIGURATION
9. Fill Google Maps Settings.
Paste your Google Maps Key (received from https://console.cloud.google.com). The
Google Maps key is not required for the first 3 days of use.
Paste your Dynamica Labs Key.
Enter the minimum number of pushpins for creating clusters.

10. If you don't have a Dynamica Labs Key yet, please click the link displayed in Power BI
on your screen.
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GOOGLE MAPS COMPONENT
CONFIGURATION
11. Choose one of the available options to log in and receive your key.

12. Copy your Dynamica Labs Key and paste it into the Google Maps Settings field.

13. Save the current report


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GOOGLE MAPS API
CONFIGURATION
In order to use Google Maps in Power Bi - Maps JavaScript API must be enabled. Then
Google Maps API Key can be generated.
Usually Maps JavaScript API (as well as Places API) is enabled by default, but this
should be checked.

To do that:
1. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com and scroll to the bottom of the left-side menu.
2. Select Google Maps Platform -> APIs & Services.

3. Locate Maps JavaScripts API and Places API (if necessary). If you see a "Disable"
button in front of the API name, it means that this API is already enabled.

If the Maps JavaScripts API is disabled, enable it (and the Places API, if necessary).

After that, click on "Keys & Credentials".


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GOOGLE MAPS API
CONFIGURATION
4. You can find your API Key here.

5. If no API keys to display.

6. Click on “Create Credentials” -> API key.

7. Copy API key and click “Close”. The new API key is listed on the Credentials page
under API keys.
(Remember to restrict the API key before using it in production.)

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