Create or Update Bubble Charts

Bubble charts enable you to measure and compare more than two characteristics in the data. Data on Bubble charts is interpreted using the size, position (X and Y co-ordinates), and the color of each Bubble. You can specify these characteristics from the Content log of the application.

To create or update Bubble charts for visualizations:

Sign in to Unifier with company administration credentials.
Click the Company Workspace tab and switch to Admin mode.
In the left Navigator, select Visualizations, and then select Content.
In the Content log (right pane), click Create.
In the Create page, specify the following information:
1. From the Preview Project list, select an active project/shell and click Preview Data to preview the data you can use to create the chart.
2. From the Data Source list, select the data source to use for creating the content item.
3. From the View Type list, select Bubble Chart.
4. In the Name field, enter a name for the Bubble chart.
5. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a short description about the Bubble chart.
6. (Required) From the Size By list, select a non-numeric data element to use as the criteria to size the Bubble from the data source selected above.
  For the selected data element in the Size By list, select any of the following measures:
  - Average: The mean of all values of the selected data element.
  - Count: (Default for non-numeric data elements) The total number of rows of the selected data element.
  - Max: For numeric fields, displays the highest value. For date fields, displays the maximum date.
  - Median: The central value among all values of the selected data element.
  - Min: For numeric fields, displays the lowest value of the selected data element. This measure is not applicable to date fields.
  - Percentage: A percent of the filtered value from the total of the selected data element.
  - Sum: Sum of all values of the selected data element.
7. (Required) From the X Axis list, select a data element.
  For the selected data element in the X-Axis list, select any of the following measures:
  - Average: The mean of all values of the selected data element.
  - Count: (Default for non-numeric data elements) The total number of rows of the selected data element.
  - Max: For numeric fields, displays the highest value. For date fields, displays the maximum date.
  - Median: The central value among all values of the selected data element.
  - Min: For numeric fields, displays the lowest value of the selected data element. For date fields, displays the minimum date.
  - Percentage: A percent of the filtered value from the total of the selected data element.
  - Sum: Sum of all values of the selected data element.
8. (Required) From the Y Axis list, select a data element.
  For the selected data element in the Y-Axis list, select any of the following measures:
  - Average: The mean of all values of the selected data element.
  - Count: (Default for non-numeric data elements) The total number of rows of the selected data element.
  - Max: For numeric fields, displays the highest value. For date fields, displays the maximum date.
  - Median: The central value among all values of the selected data element.
  - Min: For numeric fields, displays the lowest value of the selected data element. This measure is not applicable to date-type data elements.
  - Percentage: A percent of the filtered value from the total of the selected data element.
  - Sum: Sum of all values of the selected data element.
9. (Optional) From the Color By list, select one or more data elements to measure using a color-code. You can:
  - Click Add Color By to color-code another data element.
  - Click Delete (x) to remove a data element from being color-coded.
  - Click Drag ( ) to reorder the data elements selected for color coding. Displays only if you have selected more than one data element.
10. From the Category list, select a data element to use as a category to differentiate the bars in the chart. You can:
  - Click Add Category to select another data element as a category.
  - Click Delete (x) to remove a data element as a category.
  - Click Drag ( ) to reorder the data elements selected to categorize the bars in the chart.
11. From the Data Labels list, select the location for displaying labels on the chart. Choices include:
  The following options display:
  - Auto: The default data label display setting for all types of charts.
  - Center: The data label displays in the center of each data point on an Area chart, Bar chart, or Line chart.
  - Above Marker: The data label displays above the marker point.
  - Below Marker: The data label displays below the marker point.
  - Before Marker: The data label displays before the marker point.
  - After Marker: The data label displays after the marker point.
  - None: The data labels do not display on the chart.
12. In the Show X Axis Title field, slide right to display the label of the data element you selected for the X-axis ( See step g).
13. In the Show Y Axis Title field, slide right to display the label of the data element you selected for the Y-axis (See step h).
14. Make changes as needed to refine the above selections.
15. After making all changes, select any of the following actions:
  - Click Create Draft to save the chart in a Draft status and return to the Content log.
  - Click Update Draft if you are editing an existing chart in Draft status.
  - Click Cancel to delete the chart. You will lose all unsaved changes made to the chart.
  - Click Publish to make the chart available to your users for data visualizations and return to the Content log.

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