Format pane map

The Format pane holds every setting of Icon Map Lite. This page lists each card and group in the order the pane shows them, with a link to the page that explains it.

The cards, in the order the Format pane shows them

Open the Format pane

Add at least one field to the visual. Until then the pane shows one card, Icon Map Lite, with the message "Add data to the visual before configuring formatting options." and the version number.
Select the visual.
Open the Format pane (the paintbrush icon). In Power BI Desktop with the on-object interaction turned on, select More options on the formatting menu to show the full pane.

How the pane is organized

A card is a top-level section, such as Data Layers.
A group is a collapsible block inside a card, such as Circles - Formatting.
Most groups appear only when the thing they configure is switched on. Turn on Circles in Data Layers and the circle groups appear.
A setting with an fx button accepts conditional formatting. See Conditional formatting.

Background Layer

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Map	Background map: one of the built-in themes, None or Custom	The background map
Map labels	Switches for the map's own country, state, city, sea and mountain names	The background map
Map boundaries	Switches for country, internal, state and disputed borders	The background map
Land and water	Switches for deserts and landform, ice, urban areas, lakes and rivers	The background map
Custom basemap	Upload basemap file, the uploaded file's Style and its layer switches	Custom basemaps (.imbase)
Light	The light on 3D content and the globe	Light and sky
Sky	The sky above a tilted map and the globe's atmosphere	Light and sky

Map labels, Map boundaries and Land and water are shown when Background map is one of the built-in themes. Custom basemap is shown when it is Custom.

Reference Layers

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Shapes from file	Turns on file reference layers. Number of Layers (up to five) and Apply settings to, which picks the layer the groups below configure	Shapes from file
Shapes from file layer 1 - Configuration	The upload button, tooltips, filter, labels, visibility, zoom range and drawing order of the layer	Shapes from file
Shapes from file layer 1 - Formatting	The layer's points, fill and lines	Shapes from file
Shapes from file layer 1 - Labels	The layer's labels, shown once labels are on and a label property is chosen	Labels on reference layers
Daylight Terminator	Day and night shading	Day and night

Data Layers

The first group holds a switch for each data layer type. The groups for a layer appear when its switch is on.

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Data Layers	The switches: Circles, Columns, Heatmap, Cells (H3/S2/A5/Geohash), Images / Icons, Lines, Shapes (from data) WKT / GeoJSON features and Shapes (from files) GeoJSON / Shapefile / KML / IMDF	Data layers overview
Circles - Configuration, Circles - Formatting	Circle size, color and behavior	Circles
Cluster - Configuration, Secondary Cluster - Configuration	Clustering of circles and images	Clusters
Columns - Configuration, Columns - Formatting	3D columns	3D columns
Heatmap - Configuration, Heatmap - Formatting	The heatmap. With advanced settings on: Heatmap - Weight, Heatmap - Radius, Heatmap - Intensity	Heatmap
Cells - Configuration, Cells - Formatting	Grid cells and custom shapes	Cells: H3 hexagons and grids
Images - Configuration	Images, text and emoji badges	Images and icons
Lines - Configuration, Lines - Formatting	Lines, flows and routes	Lines and Routes
Shapes (from data) - Configuration, Shapes (from data) - Formatting	Shapes held in your data as WKT or GeoJSON	Shapes from data (WKT and GeoJSON)
Shapes (from files) - Setup, then configuration, fill, line and unmatched groups for each level or layer	Shapes from an uploaded file or the built-in boundaries, joined to your data	Shapes from files and built-in boundaries
Data Rows	Maximum data rows	Data rows and limits

Labels

This card appears when a data layer that can carry labels is on: Circles, Images / Icons, Shapes (from data), Shapes (from files), Lines or Cells.

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Content	What the label says, and when it shows	Data labels
Style	The label style and text color	Data labels
Container, Halo or Card (the title follows the style)	The box or halo around the text	Data labels
Placement	Where the label sits	Data labels
Size and Zoom	Label size and the zoom range it shows at	Data labels

Selection

Group	What it holds	Documented in
User Selection	Max Selections, Background Click Clears Selection, Clear Selections Button, Select Intersecting Items, Circle Select, Lasso and their options	Select and filter with the map
Map Location	Longitude Field to Slice and Latitude Field to Slice, which filter other visuals to the area the map shows	Filter by the map's location
Formatting	Selected Items Transparency and Unselected Items Transparency	Select and filter with the map

Legend

The card has its own on/off switch.

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Legend	Position, title and display mode	Legend
Legend labels	Per-layer titles and descriptions	Legend
Conditional formatting legends	Legend entries for settings driven by conditional formatting	Legend

User Interface

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Controls	Control Size, a switch for each on-map control (zoom, pitch, bearing, clear selections, zoom level, globe toggle, scales, zoom lock), Projection and Additional Attribution	Map controls
Tooltips	Combine Tooltips	Tooltips
Layer control	The panel that lets readers turn layers on and off	Map controls

Map

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Zoom	Zoom limits, auto zoom, zoom padding and the animation duration	View, zoom and projection
Defaults	The view the map opens with: latitude, longitude, zoom level, bearing and pitch	View, zoom and projection

Diagnostics

Group	What it holds	Documented in
Diagnostic Tools	Show Data Configuration Summary, a switch that opens a summary of the rows the visual received and which layer draws each one	Troubleshooting

Icon Map Lite

The last card. It holds the running version, "Visit icon-map.com for support.", and "This visual makes no external requests. The map, its fonts and every icon are contained in the visual package." There are no settings in it: Icon Map Lite has no license key, no telemetry and no network options. See Get support.