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Anonymous
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Scatter Chart - bubble size and overlapping

Hi,
I'm quite new to Power BI and I am creating a risk map using scatter chart. But I am not really sure if it's the best option.
I am having issue making the size of the bubbles and I would like to see the overlapping bubbles with the same size.
 
Here is what I have:
Database: Column1          | Column 2 | Column 3         | Column 4                | Column 5
                 Business Unity | Category  | Impact (1 to 5) | Probability (1 to 5)  | Risk ID
                 UA - 01            | Ops          |           3             |              1                | R-6.2_UA-01
                 UA - 01            | Market     |           3             |              1                | R-4.3_UA-01         
                 UA - 01            | Ops          |           3             |              1                | R-6.10_UA-01
                 UA - 02            | Ops          |           3             |              1                | R-5.3_UA-02
                 UA - 01            | Strategic  |           4             |              5                | R-6.2_UA-01      
 
This is just an example of my database. It goes for 450 rows in total
 
Risk Map:
X axis: Impact
Y axis: probability
Legend: Category
Size: count number of rows on selected filter. For example: If I filter UA-01, I wanted to see a bigger bubble in Ops (size 2 - 1st and 3rd rows) than in Market (size 1) for the same coordinates (3,1). If I clear all filter, I would see an Ops bubble showing size 3 (1st, 3rd, and 4th rows)
Also, if I clear all filters, I want to see both bubbles R-5.3_UA-02 and R-4.3_UA-01 which are overlapping.
 
Is there a way I could create this in power BI?
 
Thanks
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v-lili6-msft
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HI, @Anonymous

After my test, you could try this way:

Step1:

Set field Impact and Probability Default Summarization: Don't summize

1.JPG

Step2:

Use ISFILTERED Function to add a measure and drag it into Size

Measure = IF(ISFILTERED(Table1[Business Unity]),COUNTROWS(Table1),CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Table1),ALL(Table1[Category])))

Result:

filter datafilter dataclear dataclear data

 

and here is pbix, please try it.

 

Best Regards,

Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-lili6-msft
Community Support
Community Support

HI, @Anonymous

After my test, you could try this way:

Step1:

Set field Impact and Probability Default Summarization: Don't summize

1.JPG

Step2:

Use ISFILTERED Function to add a measure and drag it into Size

Measure = IF(ISFILTERED(Table1[Business Unity]),COUNTROWS(Table1),CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Table1),ALL(Table1[Category])))

Result:

filter datafilter dataclear dataclear data

 

and here is pbix, please try it.

 

Best Regards,

Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Hi Lin, 

Thank you very much for your reply.

It didn't work the way I wanted with your mesure, however I made it just dragging the Count Risk_ID into the bubble size
I was trying putting it in details, that's why it was not working,

 

But I also wanted to see all overlapping bubbles in my chart, even the ones with same size.
For example if I add a row:
UA - 03 | Commercial | 4 | 5 | R2.1_UA - 03

 

It would be overlapping with the Strategic bubble (R6.2_UA - 01) and the chart I only see one of them.

Is there a way I could see both? I don't know like a pie chart in the bubble spliting the bubble in two colors?

Can I also make the bubble smaller?

 

Thanks again!

Hi, 

 

Did you get a solution for overlapping bubbles and how to show them?

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