Scatter Chart Property Reference

In the widget's side panel (Figure 195, “Widget menu options”), click the widget icon and the style icons to configure the following properties.

General properties:

  • Title

    The title of the widget as displayed in the dashboard.

  • Description

    The description of the chart. This is free form text supporting markdown syntax.

    This same description will appear in the dashboard as a tool-tip by hovering over the question mark on top of the widget.

Default time properties. The default widget time only works when Shared time is toggled off by default. Save the dashboard to set the current time selection as the default.

  • Time

  • Start

  • End

In the widget's side panel (Figure 195, “Widget menu options”), click the style icon to configure the following properties.

Styling properties:

  • Legend

    • Labels Valid options for displaying labels are:

      • Truncate shortens the length of the series for a better visualization within the chart. It is used in case of long labels that would exceed the maximum space allowed in the chart. It is the default option. Hover the mouse over a label, then press and hold ALT to momentarily see the full series.

      • Show full shows the full name of the series, that is, the entire value is displayed in the label or tooltip. In case of very long labels, it might affect their visibility within the chart. Hover the mouse over a label, then press and hold ALT to momentarily see the truncated series.

    • Show legend checkbox to show the legend in the chart.

    • Position allows choosing where in the chart the legend should appear. Valid options are:

      • Right

      • Bottom

    • Show title checkbox allows to show or hide the legend's title.

    • Title sets a title for the legend.

  • Colors

    • Palette controls widget colors. Select Inherit to apply the dashboard color scheme, or select Custom to define unique colors for this widget.

  • Points

    Controls the appearance of points in the chart.

    • Point size reduces or increases the size of each data point.

    • Point opacity reduces or increases the opacity of each data point.

    • Input data format interprets the resulting query data. Valid options are:

      • Auto enables automatic selection of long or wide formats.

      • Long uses one field for the series.

      • Wide uses a distinct field for each series.

  • X-axis

    • Scale Valid options are:

      • Linear — a quantitative scale that preserve proportional differences.

      • Logarithmic — a nonlinear quantitative scale particularly useful for plotting data that varies over multiple orders of magnitude.

    • Always show zero checkbox used to include the point 0 on the horizontal axis. If, for example, all values are in the range 100-200, by default the axis will only show that range roughly. But you can force it to extent the axis to 0. That makes it easier to get a sense of the absolute numbers, not just the numbers relative to each other. checkbox

    • Show title checkbox shows a title in the X-Axis.

    • Title Field where to enter a title for the X-Axis.

    • Format value

      Format the values as Raw, Abbreviated or Metric. For example, if the raw formatting is 1,000, abbreviated would be 1K, and metric would be 1k (1 kilo).

  • Y-axis

    • Scale Valid options are:

      • Linear — quantitative scales that preserve proportional differences.

      • Logarithmic — quantitative scales particularly useful for plotting data that varies over multiple orders of magnitude.

    • Always show zero checkbox. Used to include the point 0 on the vertical axis. If, for example, all values are in the range 100-200, by default the axis will only show that range roughly. But you can force it to extent the axis to 0. That makes it easier to get a sense of the absolute numbers, not just the numbers relative to each other.

    • Show title checkbox shows a title in the Y-Axis. checkbox.

    • Title Field where to enter a title to the Y-Axis.

    • Format value

      Format the values as Raw, Abbreviated or Metric. For example, if the raw formatting is 1,000, abbreviated would be 1K, and metric would be 1k (1 kilo).

  • Trend line toggle sets a line or curve that estimates the relationship between X and Y values. In some cases, a straight line is the best fit. But there might be cases where other types of graphs better estimate the relationship.

    • Regression type applies when Trend line is enabled. Used to set the regression type to visualize in the chart. Valid options are:

      • Linear — a straight line described by the formula y = ax +b

      • Logarithmic — y = a + b * log(x)

      • Exponential — y = a + e(b * x)

      • Power — y = a * xb

      • Quadratic — y = a + b * x + c * x2

      • Polynomial — y = a + b * x + ... * x^order

  • Series assigns a color to the series and provide a title for the series to be displayed in chart.