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Posted on February 12, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Using Custom Regions in Excel 3D Maps

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Custom Regions in 3D Maps in Excel: Importing Custom Regions



To import custom regions from a kml or shp file into 3D Maps, click the “Home” tab of the Ribbon in the 3D Maps window. Then click the “Custom Regions” button in the “Map” button group to open a “Manage Custom Region Set” dialog box.Oct 25, 2019

How do I import custom regions into Excel 3D Maps?

Custom Regions in 3D Maps in Excel: Importing Custom Regions



To import custom regions from a kml or shp file into 3D Maps, click the “Home” tab of the Ribbon in the 3D Maps window. Then click the “Custom Regions” button in the “Map” button group to open a “Manage Custom Region Set” dialog box.
Oct 25, 2019

How do I create a custom region in Excel Maps?

Create a custom map in Power Map

  1. In Excel, open the workbook that has the X and Y coordinates data for your image.
  2. Click Insert > Map.
  3. Click New Tour.
  4. In Power Map, click Home > New Scene.
  5. Pick New Custom Map.
  6. In the Custom Maps Options box, click Browse for the background picture.

How do I change the data on a 3D map in Excel?

Fix your data in the source (such as an Excel worksheet table, or a SQL Server database), and then refresh your data directly from the 3D Maps ribbon by clicking Home > Refresh Data.

How do I add selected data to a 3D map?

Click Insert > 3D Map > Add selected data to 3D maps.



To add a scene, just click the New Scene button at the top. You can then set what you wish the scene to display, and name it. You can also slide scenes around if you want to edit the order in which they appear.
Aug 22, 2016

Can you make 3D plots in Excel?

3D plots are, also known as surface plots in Excel, used to represent three-dimensional data. To create a three-dimensional plot in Excel, we need to have a three-dimensional range of data which means we must have three-axis: X, Y, and Z. The 3D plots or surface plots can be used from the insert tab in Excel.

What will you use custom regions for?

Custom regions gives users the ability to create unique boundaries on the map, and then build reports or download data for those areas. To use these features, click Custom Regions above the map and choose one of the three (3) types of custom regions: Drawn, Assembled, or Radius.

How do I create a custom location on maps?

Add a place

  1. On your computer, sign in to My Maps.
  2. Open or create a map. A map can have up to 10,000 lines, shapes, or places.
  3. Click Add marker .
  4. Select a layer and click where to put the place. A layer can have 2,000 lines, shapes, or places.
  5. Give your place a name.
  6. Click Save.


How do I separate countries into regions in Excel?

On the Pivot Table Analyze tab, in the Group group, click Group Selection. Click where it says Group1 and type in South America for the group name. Continue similarly for each set of countries.
Nov 13, 2019

How do I create a custom location map?

Excel Video 511 3D Maps Region Map

How do I import a shapefile into Excel?

Shapefile import to Excel using the GIS. XL add-in is a very simple process. In the ribbon toolbar tab, named GIS, just click on the Add Layer button and choose the file from disk. Selected shapefile automatically opens and displays in the add-in Map Panel.
May 4, 2016

How do I separate countries into regions in Excel?

On the Pivot Table Analyze tab, in the Group group, click Group Selection. Click where it says Group1 and type in South America for the group name. Continue similarly for each set of countries.
Nov 13, 2019

How do you make 3D Charts and XYZ coordinates in Excel?

Under the graphing tab in cell tools you will find many options for graphing. What we will be focused on is in the section, ‘3D XYZ Tools’. This add-in makes it so easy to graph your data in 3D that it is as simple as: select, click ‘3D Line’, ‘3D Spline’ or ‘3D Scatter’ and your graph is produced.
Jul 28, 2019

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