Scatter Charts

The Scatter charts build visualizations that display plotted points, based on the following types of columns:

  • Required X and Y axis columns, whose values determine the location of the plotted points.

  • An optional Color column that colors the points based upon the column’s values. If the Color column is not specified, then the points have a uniform color.

  • An optional Size column that sizes the points based upon the column’s values. If the Size column is not specified, then the points have a uniform size.

Chart Layouts

Basic

The Scatter Plot layout allows you to add an optional Shape column that changes the shape of the points based upon the column’s values. The Shape column should have a relatively limited number of value to avoid clutter.

The Basic Scatterplot plots a point at each individual X-Y value combination. Thus, each point has a single value from the Color, Size, and Shape columns, and these columns can be text or numeric.

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Grouped

The Grouped Bubbles layout adds a required Grouping column. First the Grouping column is discretized into bins. For each binned value, it plots one point in the chart. The X-Y location of each point is determined by aggregating the X and Y axis columns. Likewise, the color and size of each point is determined by aggregating those columns, if specified. The X and Y axis, Color, and Size columns must all therefore be numeric, so they can be aggregated.

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Binned

Binned Scatter charts discretize the values of X and Y axis columns, and create one point for each X-Y bin. The dimensions do not need to be numerical. The color and size of each circles are represented using aggregations of measures.

  • The Bubble layout allows the X and Y axis columns to be text or numeric. If an axis column is text, its raw values are used.

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  • The Rectangle layout is like the Bubble layout, but instead of points it plots rectangles. The resulting chart resemble a heat map.

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  • The Hexagon layout requires both the X and Y axis columns to be numeric. Hexagonal binning generally provides a better overview of the distribution of your data than the Bubble or Rectangle plots, and can better represent large amounts of data.

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Warning

Hexagonal binning is incompatible with live in-database processing. If you use in-database processing and want to enable hexagonal binning, you will need to switch to DSS Charts Engine.