Categorical Scatter Plot

Creates a scatter plot the can also measure categorical data. The entities displayed on a scatter plot can be compared in terms of their size, their relative positions with respect to each numeric axis, their color, and their shape. Since both the x and y axes of the scatter chart are numeric scales, position is an indicator of two distinct numeric values. The color and shape of the entities shows their categorical values. The area of the plot depends on the magnitude of a third numeric characteristic. Scatter charts can be used in project management to compare risk and reward among projects. They can facilitate the understanding of social, economic, medical, and other scientific relationships. You can think of them as performing a visual square-root transformation on the data set.

Configuring the Scatter Chart

Here you can find out what kind of data can be represented as a scatter chart and what options you have to represent your data. General steps for configuring widgets are explained on the Visualizing Data page.

Data Requirements

You can use any type of Datameer supported data as the labels in a bubble chart. The values used to plot the y-axis and the size factor of the bubble must be a number. The values used to determine the color and shape can be a date, integer, big integer, or string. The value used to calculte the size must be a number.

Appearance - Specific Settings

The appearance of a categorical scatterplot chart can be adjusted through standard and specific settings.

Standard widget settings give you basic controls in order to customize a widget. Learn more about standard widget settings here.

Specific widget settings give you more controls over details pertaining to the scatter chart widget. With these controls, you are able to adjust your widgets to create the perfect infographic to fit your needs.