Building custom borough-level maps in Power BI using ward boundaries

This hands-on guide walks you through creating a custom shape map in Power BI for one or more London boroughs using ward-level boundaries, covering everything from downloading and filtering ONS shapefiles to converting them into TopoJSON format and visualising local data like volunteer numbers or service reach.

Contents

  • How to enable Power BI for shape files
  • What file type you’ll need
  • How to create that file type
  • How to add that file to PowerBI
  • How to generate a map using the shape file

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