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Analytics+
  • Introduction to Analytics+
    • Installing Analytics+
      • Install for yourself
      • Installing from AppSource
      • Installing for your organization
    • Licensing and manual renewal
  • Working with Analytics+
    • 1. Navigating the Analytics+ toolbar
      • Chart toolbar
      • Card toolbar
      • Table toolbar
    • 2. Data Management
      • Advanced pivot
      • Adding calculated measures
    • 3. Charts
      • 3.1. Charts - getting started
      • 3.2. Quick options - charts
        • X-axis customizations
        • Y-axis customizations
      • 3.3. Configure measures for charts
      • 3.4. Configure dimensions for charts
      • 3.5. Chart discoverability
      • 3.6. Data label customizations
      • 3.7. Deviation
      • 3.8. Display settings for charts
        • Charts - canvas settings
        • Charts - axis settings
        • Charts - number settings
        • Charts - legend settings
        • Charts - other settings
          • Charts - tooltip settings
    • 5. Cards
      • 5.1. Cards - getting started
      • 5.2. Quick options-cards
        • KPI customizations
        • Chart customizations
      • 5.3. Configure measures for cards
      • 5.4. Configure dimensions for cards
      • 5.5. Insight charts
      • 5.6. Variance customizations
      • 5.7. KPI containers
        • Working with Groups
        • Working with Flex components
      • 5.8. Inserting formulas & text
      • 5.9. Card customizations
      • 5.10. Display settings for cards
        • Cards - canvas settings
        • Cards - number settings
        • Cards - legend settings
        • Cards - axis settings
        • Cards - other settings
          • Cards - tooltip settings
    • 6. Tables
      • 6.1. Tables - getting started
      • 6.2. Quick options - tables
      • 6.3. Configure measures for tables
      • 6.4. Configure dimensions for tables
      • 6.5. Formatting data
      • 6.6. Number formatting
      • 6.7. Inline charts
      • 6.8. Blend measures
      • 6.9. Row gripper options
      • 6.10. Display settings for tables
        • Tables - canvas settings
        • Tables - number settings
        • Tables - other settings
          • Tables - tooltip settings
    • 7. Trellis customizations
      • Charts trellis layout
      • Cards trellis layout
      • Tables trellis layout
    • 8. Customize measures
      • Charts measure series
      • Cards measure series
      • Tables measure series
    • 9. Splitting and grouping measures
      • Splitting and grouping: charts
      • Splitting and grouping: cards
      • Splitting and grouping: tables
    • 10. Conditional formatting
      • One-click rules
        • One click rules for charts
        • One click rules for cards
        • One click rules for tables
      • Configuring rules
        • Configuring rules for charts
        • Configuring rules for cards
        • Configuring rules for tables
        • Variable conditional formatting rules
        • Applying conditional formatting rules
      • Setting color scales
      • Managing rules
    • 11. Sort & Reorder data
      • Sorting data
      • Advanced sorting
      • Reordering data
    • 12. Ranking data - TopN
      • Ranking for charts
      • Ranking for cards
      • Ranking for tables
      • Dynamic ranking with numeric parameters
    • 13. Adding notes
      • Notes for charts
      • Notes for tables
    • 14. Data selection
    • 15. Working with hierarchies
      • Hierarchies in charts
      • Hierarchies in cards
      • Hierarchies in tables
      • Unbalanced hierarchies
      • Single child hierarchies
    • 16. Summary tables
    • 17. Backup and restore
    • 18. Context awareness
    • 19. Image support
      • Images in cards
      • Images in tables
    • 20. Analytics
      • Reference line
      • Reference band
      • Error bar
      • Trend line
      • Additional series
    • 21. Keyboard shortcuts
    • 22. Reading view access
    • 23. Row aggregation
  • Storyboard
    • Element customizations
    • Board customizations
    • Working with textboxes
    • Uploading images
    • Using shapes
    • Inserting slicers
    • Element interactions
    • Layers
    • Navigation
      • Play axis
    • Annotations
  • Gantt chart
    • Gantt: Canvas settings
      • Gantt: General settings
      • Gantt: Column settings
      • Gantt: Grid settings
      • Gantt: Timeline settings
    • Gantt milestones
    • Gantt: Data label settings
    • Gantt: Conditional formatting
    • Gantt: Web URLs
    • Gantt resource
    • Gantt: Zoom levels
  • Quick charts
    • Waterfall charts
    • Marimekko
    • Column/Bar charts
    • Bullet charts
    • Area charts
    • Line charts
    • Pie charts
    • Treemap charts
    • Radar/Polar charts
    • Funnel charts
    • Sunburst charts
    • Bubble charts
    • Boxplots
    • Histogram
    • Gauge
    • Storytelling charts
      • Range charts
      • Ribbon chart
      • Tornado chart
      • Slope graph
      • Parallel co-ordinates
      • Lollipop
      • Sankey charts
    • Combo charts
  • Release notes
    • Analytics+ April 2025 update - Release 4.7
    • Analytics+ March 2025 update - Release 4.6
    • Analytics+ January 2025 update - Release 4.5.
    • Analytics+ January 2025 update - Release 4.3
    • Analytics+ November 2024 update -Release 4.2
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Bubble charts

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Bubble chart

  • Axis parameter - Sub Category

  • Values parameter - 2024 Actuals, 2024 Plan, 2023 Actuals

  • Chart type - Bubble

  • Description - Bubble charts are particularly useful for datasets with a large number of data points, where the size of the bubbles can provide additional information about the data. The 2024 Actuals and 2024 Plan provide the x and y positions for each product subcategory. The 2023 actuals determine the size of each bubble.

Bubble chart

The x-axis and y-axis settings are identical for bubble charts.

1. Small multiples for bubble charts

Unlike other charts, adding a small multiple parameter to a bubble chart will not create a trellis. Analytics+ automatically maps small multiple parameters to the legend data well.

You can assign different markers to identify each small multiple category.

2. Analytics for bubble charts

2.1. Reference lines

For bubble charts, horizontal reference lines are plotted based on the y-axis measure, and vertical reference lines are plotted based on the x-axis measure.

2.2. Reference bands

Like reference lines, horizontal reference bands are plotted based on the y-axis measure, and vertical reference bands are plotted based on the x-axis measure.

2.3. Connector lines

Connector lines interconnect different bubbles and display how the bubbles have been sorted.

3. Canvas settings for bubble charts

Distinguish the various categories in your bubble charts with fill patterns. Fill patterns help in increasing the clarity of charts with high data density. Analytics+ now supports solid, outlined, and hatched fill styles. Navigate to Canvas Settings and select the fill style from the dropdown menu.

4. Legend settings for Bubble charts

4.1. Bubble

Enable the Bubble toggle in the Legend tab to display a size-based legend. Size-based legends make it straightforward to associate the value with the size of the bubble.

  • Label

You can choose to display the legend as concentric circles or in a row.

  • No of size range

Based on your data, you can define the number of circles to display in the legend.

  • Transparency

For concentric circles, you can set the transparency factor.

Scatter plot

  • Axis parameter - Month

  • Values parameter - 2024 Actuals, 2024 Plan

  • Small multiples parameter - Sub category

  • Chart type - Scatter

  • Description - Scatter plots are used to identify the relationship between two variables, such as positive, negative, or no correlation. If you add a third measure to a scatter plot, the chart is automatically converted into a bubble chart, with the 3rd measure taken as the size.

Quadrant chart

  • Axis parameter - Month

  • Values parameter - 2024 Actuals, 2024 Plan, AC vs PL%2024

  • Chart type - Quadrant

  • Description - Quadrant bubble charts are an advanced type of bubble chart that combines the features of scatter plots and bubble charts with a quadrant overlay to provide deeper insights into data relationships. This visualization helps categorize data points into four distinct areas, each representing a different quadrant, to highlight relationships. The 2024 Actuals and 2024 Plan provide the x and y positions for each month. The AC vs PL%2024 measure determines the size of each bubble.

1. Axis settings for quadrant charts

1.1. Horizontal (Y-axis)

Enable or disable the Y-axis using the toggle. When the Y-axis is disabled, you will only have 2 quadrants corresponding to the X-axis.

  • Based on

Choose to render the Y-axis based on the Average/ Median/ Minimum/ Maximum/ Standard Deviation etc. You can also enter a custom value when you choose the Percentile or Constant options.

  • Line style

Set the style, thickness, and color of the Y-axis line.

1.2. Vertical (X-axis)

Enable or disable the X-axis using the toggle. When the X-axis is disabled, you will only have 2 quadrants (top and bottom) corresponding to the Y-axis.

  • Based on

Choose to render the X-axis based on the Average/ Median/ Minimum/ Maximum/ Standard Deviation etc. You can also enter a custom value when you choose the Percentile or Constant options.

  • Line style

Set the style, thickness, and color of the X-axis line.

1.3. Quadrants

You can set the background color for each quadrant. Additionally, you can customize the quadrant title, font, and vertical/horizontal orientations.

  • Fill

Set the background color of the quadrant.

  • Label

Enable or disable the title for each quadrant. Notice how the title has been disabled for the 3rd quadrant.

  • Text

Assign a custom title for each quadrant.

  • Font/Style

Set the font, size, style (Bold/Italic/Underline), and color for the quadrant title.

  • Horizontal and vertical positioning

Set the horizontal and vertical positions of the quadrant title.

Packed bubble

  • Axis parameter - Sub Category

  • Values parameter - Sales

  • Chart type - Packed bubble

  • Description - A packed bubble chart allows you to compare quantities or relationships in a visually appealing and space-efficient way.

1. Canvas settings for packed bubble charts

1.1. Color by

Each bubble can have a different color based on the dimension category, a gradient color scheme, or a uniform color.

2. Packed circles

When your axis dimension is hierarchical and the hierarchy is fully expanded (use the drill-down buttons), the Packed Circles tab will be enabled.

2.1. Cluster mode

Enable this toggle to group child categories under the parent category. When cluster mode is disabled, a regular packed chart will be rendered for each level of the hierarchy.

2.2. Cluster header

Enable the toggle to display the parent category name for each cluster.

  • Auto color: Analytics+ automatically sets the font color for maximum readability. Notice how some dimension categories are displayed in white and others in black, depending on the bubble color. Disable this toggle to assign a custom font color.

  • Style: Change the font style, size, and color of the header.

  • Display: The header can be rendered for the parent bubble (All header) or each child category (Child only).

  • Type: Opt for headers to be displayed in a straight line instead of along the bubble curve.

  • Position: The header can be placed outside the bubble or inside(default).

  • Case: The header text can be styled in small letters, all caps, or capitalized first letters.

  • Weight: Header font can be bold or regular.

  • Enable total: Display the total contribution for each category.

  • Opacity: Choose to have darker parent or child bubbles.

  • Node opacity: Manually set an opacity factor between 1 and 100, with 1 being the most transparent and 100 being the most opaque.

Small multiples for bubble charts
Category markers for bubble charts
Connector lines
Scatter plot

Quadrant bubble

Y-axis disabled
Average
Median
Maximum
Minimum
Percentile
Constant
Line style
X-axis disabled
Minimum
Median
Average
Constant
Percentile
Maximum
Line style
Background color
Label
Quadrant title
Font customization
Packed bubble
Individual category color scheme
Gradient color scheme
Uniform color scheme
Cluster mode
Cluster header
Auto color
Header font style
Parent header
Child headers
Curved or straight options for the header
Header position
Parent categories capitalized
Child categories capitalized
Parent categories are displayed in bold font
Child categories are displayed in bold font
Enable totals
Darker child bubbles
Darker parent bubbles
Node opacity
Horizontal reference line
Vertical reference line
Horizontal reference band
Vertical reference band
Bubble charts canvas settings
Circles in a row
Concentric circles
Number of circles in the legend
Transparency for concentric circles