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Hi everyone,
I am trying to use a scatter chart and have some numerical value on Y-axis and text value on X-axis, but when I am trying to do this, I have this error message : "Your x- and y-axis values aren't playing together nicely. Replace the x-axis field with a numerical value, or change the y-axis field values to summarizations."
Separately I can show an X-axis with text value and some indcators for the size, but if I add an Y axis numerical I have this error message.
Do you know why ? How can I fix this issue ?
Thank you,
Lovebo,
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@Lovebo01 You can perform the steps below to create the scatter plot that you want to have
1. Create a calculated column:
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Hi,
Thank you all for your responses,
Here a set of data :
size | color | sales |
1 | red | 30 |
2 | blue | 5 |
3 | red | 25 |
4 | blue | 12 |
And the graphic that I want to do :
The size of the bubble depends on the value "sales".
@fhill I tried to apply your solution with the line chart but with 2 axis I don't know if it's possible, the size of the marker can depends on another value ?
Thank you,
Lovebo
@Lovebo01 You can perform the steps below to create the scatter plot that you want to have
1. Create a calculated column:
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The nature of a Scatter Chart required numberic values on both the X and Y axis, BUT have you tried creating a Line Chart where the Stroke Width is set to 0, and the Show Marker is turned on with default circles? I think this may be closer to what you want?
(I have a scond Y axis in the demo example below, but you can play around with the values?)
Forrest
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Hi @Lovebo01 ,
Try using a summarisation on Y-axis field like AVERAGE or SUM.
See if that displays results correctly.
Also do share screenshots of your chart.
Thanks,
Pragati
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