Version
1.1.0.10 (latest)
Language
English

Languages

Icon Map Pro shows its own text in English, German, Spanish, French or Portuguese. It follows the language of the Power BI report, so there is nothing to set in the visual.

Report languages such as de-AT and pt-BR map to German and Portuguese. A language with no translation shows English
The part of the report language before the dash decides the language of the visual

Supported languages

Language Shown when the report language starts with Examples
English Anything not listed below en-US, en-GB, nl-NL, ja-JP
German de de-DE, de-AT, de-CH
Spanish es es-ES, es-MX
French fr fr-FR, fr-CA
Portuguese pt pt-BR, pt-PT

How the language is chosen

Icon Map Pro reads the language Power BI reports for the report. It uses only the part before the dash, so every regional variant of a supported language gets that language. A language with no translation shows English.

The language is read once, when the visual is created. If you change the language of Power BI, reload the report to see the visual follow.

To change the language Power BI uses:

  • Power BI Desktop: File > Options and settings > Options > Regional Settings.
  • The Power BI service: Settings > General > Language, or the language of your browser when the setting is left on the default.

What is translated

  • The names and descriptions of the field wells in the Build pane.
  • The cards, groups, settings and options in the Format pane.
  • The map controls, their tooltips and the legend.
  • Messages on the map, the landing page and the "What kind of map are you making?" guide.
  • The dialogs the visual opens, including the Icon Map Catalog dialog.

If one piece of text has no translation yet, that text shows in English and the rest stays in your language.

What is not translated

  • Your data. Field values, tooltips and labels show whatever your report holds.
  • Numbers and dates. These follow the browser or operating system settings, not the report language.
  • Place names on the basemap. The basemap has its own label language setting, which starts on English. See Icon Map basemap styles.
  • A small number of messages, which always show in English. Examples are the note under Maximum data rows and the message shown when a basemap needs the Legacy engine.
  • The upload window: its title and some of its labels, such as "Original Projection" and "Number of Features".
  • The default legend and layer control titles, "Legend" and "Layers".
  • Parts of the "What kind of map are you making?" guide: the count of fields to add on an expanded tile and the "Fields it needs" heading.

When the visual opens a page on icon-map.com, such as a layer's guide, it adds the report's language to the link. The documentation opens in that language where a translation is published, and in English otherwise. You can change the language of a documentation page with the menu at the top of the page.