Scatter/Bubble Charts

Scatter and bubble charts are ideal for revealing patterns, relationships, and correlations between data points.

Bubble chart

Bubble chart

Chart setup to build a bubble chart:

Axis	Drag the dimension to plot on the axis (e.g.,Sub Category).
Values parameter	Drag multiple measures to compare (e.g., 2024 Actuals, 2024 Plan, 2023 Actuals).
Chart type	Select Bubble from the Chart Type dropdown menu.

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.

Small multiples for bubble charts

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

Category markers for bubble charts

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.

Horizontal reference line

Vertical reference line

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.

Horizontal reference band

Vertical reference band

2.3. Connector lines

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

Connector lines

3. Customization & formatting options under Canvas settings

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.

Bubble charts canvas settings

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.

Circles in a row

Concentric circles

• No of size range

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

Number of circles in the legend

• Transparency

For concentric circles, you can set the transparency factor.

Transparency for concentric circles

Scatter plot

Quadrant chart

Additional formatting options

Here are the other settings that help you refine your bubble chart.

Feature	Description	Link
Number	Configure number formatting (decimals, units)	Charts - number settings
Legend	Show/hide and customize the legends	Charts - legend settings
Data Label	Show exact values for each data point	3.6. Data label customizations
Trellis	Create small multiples using category split	6. Trellis customizations
Conditional Formatting	Apply color rules to highlight values	9. Conditional formatting
Sorting	Sort axis order	Sorting data
Ranking	Limit to top/bottom N categories	Ranking for charts

Migrating from xViz Scatter/Bubble charts to Analytics+

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