Creating a Scatter Chart Widget
The scatter chart displays the distribution of two variables along the x-axis and
y-axis.
- Point: A field that determines the number of points in the chart. A point is drawn for each field value.
- Size: An optional field that determines the size of the points in the chart. The point size is relative to the field values.
- Click , the Dashboards tab, and select a dashboard from the list.
- In the Widget library panel, click , the Create new widget button, to create a widget and open it in the Widget Designer.For more information, see Creating Widgets.
- In the Widget Designer, select Scatter Chart from the list of widget types in the top-left corner.
- In the data panel on the left, add data to the widget:
- In the X-Axis section, click , the Add button, and select the field whose values you want to place on the x-axis.Usually, the x-axis in a scatter chart is used to represent numeric data. Descriptive data is also supported.
You can add only one field.
- In the Y-Axis section, click , the Add button, and select the field whose values you want to place on the y-axis.Usually, the y-axis in a scatter chart is used to represent numeric data. Descriptive data is also supported.
You can add only one field.
- In the Point section, click , the Add button, and select the field whose values you want to scatter across the chart as
points.The Point field must contain descriptive data. You can add a Point field only if either the x-axis or the y-axis contains numeric data.
You can add only one field.
- In the Break by/Color section, do one of these:
- Click , the Add button, and select the field that you want to use to group the data represented in
the chart.
This field must be a descriptive field. If you select descriptive data, the points in the chart are grouped into the members of the Break by field. Each member is represented by a different color.
- Click , the Add button, and select the field that you want to use to color the data in the chart.
This field must be a numeric field. If you select numeric data, the point color is a gradient where the highest value is the darkest color and the lowest value is the lightest color.
- Click , the Add button, and select the field that you want to use to group the data represented in
the chart.
- In the Size section, click , the Add button, and select the field that determines the size of the points.This field must contain numeric data.
- In the X-Axis section, click , the Add button, and select the field whose values you want to place on the x-axis.
- In the Design tab on the right, customize the appearance of the widget:
- Under Legend, specify whether to show or hide the legend and set its position.
- Under Marker Size, specify the size of the points.If you are not using a Size field, the slider changes the size of all the points on the map. If you are using a Size field, drag each side of the slider to determine the relative minimum and maximum point sizes.
- Under Value Label, specify whether to show or hide labels with values and set their orientation.
- Under X-Axis, specify whether to show or hide the x-axis and select the graphical elements that
you want to include.These options are available:
- Grid Lines: Displays grid lines on the x-axis.
- Logarithmic: Displays the data using orders of magnitude.
- Labels: Displays labels on the x-axis.
- Title: Displays the x-axis title. You can use the default title or enter a different title in the text box.
- Min, Max, Intervals: To change the default minimum, maximum, or interval values on the x-axis, enter new values in the text boxes. To restore any of the values to their default states, click , the Reset button.
- Under Y-Axis, specify whether to show or hide the y-axis and select the graphical elements that
you want to include.These options are available:
- Grid Lines: Displays grid lines on the y-axis.
- Logarithmic: Displays the data using orders of magnitude.
- Labels: Displays labels on the y-axis.
- Title: Displays the y-axis title. You can use the default title or enter a different title in the text box.
- Min, Max, Intervals: To change the default minimum, maximum, or interval values on the y-axis, enter new values in the text boxes. To restore any of the values to their default states, click , the Reset button.
- Click Apply.