Combining points and polygons on a single map

It’s possible to combine a point and a polygon layer on a single map. However, depending on your use case, the data model being used may need to be correctly formatted to make it work.

Note

The visual only supports 1 layer of points and 1 polygon.

If your use case involves being able to filter point data but you need boundaries (polygons) to always display on the map, regardless of how the point data is filtered on the page, then see the How to add a polygon reference layer to a map page.

If you need the polygons to also filter on the map then continue below.

For both points and polygons to be displayed on the map and also allow filtering based on user selections, both point and polygon data must come from the same data model. This can be achieved by either having both point and polygon data in the same data table or by using the Power BI data model view to link the data together.

Data can be combined outside of Power BI or by using built-in Power BI functionality – Append queries - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

If using Power BI’s data model view to relate data sets to one another, then the following Power BI help article may help – Model view in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn.

Selecting points within a polygon

Selecting a polygon on the map that has points in it won’t necessarily update your other visuals. You must then use the lasso tool to create a selection.