idea BNG Easting Northing to plot points in ArcGIS for Power BI Ideas

BNG Easting Northing to plot points

KellyLew88 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:04:25 GMT

As a UK organization, most of our internal data is in British National Grid Easting/Northing format. Converting this to Longitude/Latitude in Power BI or SQL is often cumbersome and not always accurate.

Having the option to select a projection/coordinate system directly from the visual settings would be extremely helpful.

Re: BNG Easting Northing to plot points

AkshayHarshe — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:52:44 GMT

Hi @KellyLew88,

Thanks for your idea. We have just released our latest update to the Power BI Visual which added a functionality to select a Spatial reference for a Power BI Data Layer. Please see if this helps your case Specify the location type—ArcGIS for Power BI | Documentation.

You can look at the change log for this release here: ArcGIS for Power BI – v 2025.1 – Change log and up... - Esri Community

Let us know!

Re: BNG Easting Northing to plot points

NaZhang_Esri — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:54:58 GMT

Hi @KellyLew88,

Thanks for your idea! In the version 2025.1.800, spatial reference is supported for non-WGS 84 Power BI XY data. Could you please try to pick the spatial reference here to see if it works for you? Thank you!