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How to insert and edit a power view map in Excel?

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Suppose you have a table listing some countries and revenues, you want to display them in a map as below screenshot shown, how can you solve it in Excel? Here I am going to tell you how to insert and edit a Power View map in Excel.

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insert and edit a power view map

Insert and edit a Power View map

Insert and edit a Power View map

Before inserting a Power View map, you may need to enable Power View feature first (How to insert or show Power View in Excel?).

Note: Power View feature only works in Excel 2013 and Excel 2016.

Insert Power View map

1. Select the range you want to create a map, click Insert > Power View. See screenshot:
click Insert > Power View

2. In the Insert Power View dialog, check Create a Power View Sheet option or the other option as you need. See screenshot:
check Create a Power View Sheet option

3. Click OK, and a new Power view sheet has been created with the selection contents, and the Power View tab displayed in ribbon as well. See screenshot:
a new Power view sheet has been created with the selection contents

4. Click on the range to display the Design tab, and then click Design > Map. See screenshot:
click Design > Map

5. A warning message will be added above the sheet, please click Enable Content to go ahead.
click Enable Content to go ahead

Then a map has been inserted in the sheet. See screenshot:
a map has been inserted in the sheet

Adjust and edit Power View Map

Enlarge or shrink the map as you need by dragging the corner of the map. See screenshot:
Enlarge or shrink the map as you need by dragging the corner of the map

Place mouse at the above of the map to adds a title for the map.
Place mouse at the above of the map to adds a title for the map

Add data labels to the map by clicking Layout > Data Labels, choose one type as you need./p>

click Layout > Data Labels
Add data labels to the map

Choose the map background as you need by clicking Layout > Map Background. See screenshot:

click Layout > Map Background
insert map background

Filter data in the map. Go to right Filters pane, under Map section, check the data you want to filter.
Go to right Filters pane, under Map section, check the data you want to filter.

Filter by country name
Filter by country name

Filter by revenue
Filter by revenue

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