Using Scatter Plots

You can use scatter plots to visualize two or three measures across two dimensions.

Scatter plot

Each dot on the scatter plot represents one or two dimension values. The x and y axes represent two different measures that apply to the dimension. A dot appears on the chart at the point where the values for the two measures for an item in the dimension intersect. Optionally, you can also use an additional measure to determine the size of the dots.

For example, a scatter plot can display the number of errors and error duration for jobs that encountered a printer error. Each job is represented by a dot and the size of the dots depends on the error duration.

Scatter plots show up to 2500 data points regardless of whether a color or label dimension is used in the visual.

To create a scatter plot:
  1. Click Dashboards tab, the Dashboards tab.
  2. Click Dashboard Designer, in the bottom-left corner.
  3. On the Analyses dialog, click New analysis or click Options button, the Options button, next to an existing analysis and select Edit.
  4. On the analysis page, click , the Add visual button, on the toolbar.
    Analysis page - Create a visual
  5. Click the Scatter plot icon.
    Scatter plot icon
  6. Add data to the visual by dragging fields from the Data panel to the appropriate field wells in the Visuals panel:
    1. Drag a measure to the X Axis field well.
    2. Drag a measure to the Y Axis field well.
    3. Drag a dimension to the Color field well.
    4. Drag a dimension to the Label field well.
    5. Drag a measure to the Size field well.
    6. Add drill-down layers by dragging one or more additional fields to the Color or Label field wells.
  7. Customize the appearance of the visual in the Properties panel on the right.
    1. Under Display Settings, format the title and subtitle.
      For more information, see Formatting Titles and Subtitles in Visuals.
    2. Under X-axis and Y-axis, configure the axes, the grid lines, and the range and scale.
      For more information, see Formatting Axes and Grid Lines in Visuals and Configuring Range and Scale in Visuals.
    3. Under Legend, format the legend.
      For more information, see Formatting Legends in Visuals.
    4. Under Data labels, format the labels.
      For more information, see Formatting Data Labels in Visuals.
    5. Under Data point limit, enter the maximum number of data points to include in the scatter plot.
Parent topic: Creating Visuals