Creating Circle Plot Charts

Use circle plot charts to display differing values in rows, enabling you to draw inferences as to how the values overlap.

Note: Circle plot charts require at least one measure and one dimension, as well as one for the Detail and Color buckets. Optionally, add a dimension to the Size bucket to view the concentration of data.

The following display options are available for a circle plot chart:

• Change chart orientation. Switches the vertical and horizontal axes.
• Clear buckets content. Empties all buckets.

You can add fields to the following buckets for a circle plot chart:

• Vertical. Add a measure field to the vertical axis to determine the vertical position of points. Additional dimensions create matrix rows. You can click the icon in the bucket field label to toggle between using the field as a measure or a matrix row .
• Horizontal. Add a dimension field to the horizontal axis to determine the horizontal position of points. Additional dimension fields create matrix columns. You can click the icon in the bucket field label to toggle between using the field as a horizontal axis field or matrix column .
• Detail. Use this bucket to add detail to your visual by adding a data field to it. For example, if you add Sale,Quarter to the Detail bucket in your Scatter plot, the points on the plot are quadrupled, one for each quarter. In addition, the field that you specify in the Detail bucket also displays on the hover menu for each point in the plot.
• Size. Controls the size of each point based on a measure value.
• Color. If a dimension field is used, creates points for each value and determines their color. If you also add a dimension to the Detail bucket, the values in the detail field are used to create points, and the values in the color field determine the color of the points. If a measure field is used, applies a color scale to the points.
• Tooltip. The data placed in this bucket displays in the tooltip at run time. Can be used to make additional information available without changing the appearance of the chart.
• Animate. Enables you to animate time progression using a slider control. As you move the control along the slider bar, an animation effect results. The slider control has a Play button that allows you to play and pause the animation. When you click Play, the Pause option is activated, enabling you to pause the progression and analyze your data. Slider controls are limited to one sort field and should be time or sequence related, such as month or year.
• MultiPage. Enables the creation of multiple graphs based on the field that you place in this bucket.

Procedure: How to Create a Circle Plot Chart

1. From the WebFOCUS Home Page, click the Designer tab, and then click Chart.
2. Choose a data source and click Select.
3. Add one measure, one dimension to the chart. Also, add a field into the Detail and Color buckets.

   The circle plot chart refreshes with your selections, as shown in the following image.

   

4. You can perform the following tasks with your circle plot chart:
   1. Add additional measures or dimensions to the chart, where applicable.
   2. Change the fields to obtain different information.
   3. Format the chart (for example, customize the header and footer or style the legend).
5. Save your circle plot chart.