Scatter chart

Scatter charts plot values along two numeric axes, making it easy to see relationships, clusters, or outliers. A bubble scatter variation adds a third measure by changing the size of each point.

Template options

• Simple scatter → plots points by X and Y values.

• Bubble scatter → plots points by X and Y, with size mapped to a third measure.

Mapping options

• X → Measure for the horizontal axis.

• Y → Measure for the vertical axis.

• Color → Dimension to split points by series.

• Size (bubble variant only) → Measure for bubble size.

• Label → Annotates each point with text.

Tips

• Scatter charts work best when both axes use continuous measures.

• Use Color to highlight group differences, but avoid too many categories (over 6–7 colors can be hard to read).

• For bubbles, make sure the size measure has a meaningful range to suit your data, you can adjust the range limits in the Display options for that field.