The Point layer in a map is used to visually represent data for point locations, such as cities or sales outlets. Both the color and size of points can be based on data from your data source.
Open the Choose Map dialog box:
When you create a new map report, this dialog box appears automatically.
If you are already in a map report, double-click the map background.
In the Point Layers box, select the layer containing the points to show on the map.
For example, on a map of the world, you may want the points to represent cities.
In the Insertable Objects pane, drag an object to the Color drop zone in the Point Layer.
For example, to have the color of the point based on revenue, drag Revenue from the Insertable Objects pane to the Color drop zone.
In the Insertable Objects pane, drag an object to the Size drop zone in the Point Layer.
In the Insertable Objects pane, drag an object to the Location drop zone in the Point Layer.
The object must be supported in the map file as a point location. For example, in the World sample map, city is supported as a point location but country is not.
If you need to refine the location, drag an object to the Refine Location drop zone.
Use this drop zone when there is more than one location with the same name. For example, if you try to run a report with cities in the point layer, and there is more than one city in your data source with the same name, the report does not run. An error message indicates that there are cities in your data source with duplicate names. You can differentiate the cities by using the data object Region to refine the location.