Bubble charts

  • 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.

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

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