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samdthompson
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Scatter plot colours

Hi, have I gone blind? I am not able to find how to change data colours on the scatter chart. Is it possible?

Cheers

Sam

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@Baskar I have that but I cant customise the colours if I have a play axis. I guess I just need to put up with the default ones. No doubt in time it will be fixed.

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Ailuig
New Member

Hi!
To change the colors of the scatter plot's bubbles, you need to change theme color.
So select the plot, go to VIEW (top bar) --> themes, and choose or create a theme with the colors you like.
Hope it helps

Vishal06
Frequent Visitor

Hi @samdthompson ,

You can do the following:

1. Go to Format your visual
2. Expand Markers
3. Expand Color
4. Put the field you want to use as a legend and format it accordingly. 
Note: Make sure not to add any field to your legend section.

Hope this helps 

Vishal06_0-1698444443579.png

 

JemmaD
Helper V
Helper V

Can I change the colour of markers above a trend line, and below a trend line?

So the ones above the trend line are good and below are bad? Or because it's a trend line I can't create a measure to specify?

Anonymous
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Hi 

I am using a bubble scatter plot with many many legends accross many countries.

 

Because it gets confusing, what I want to do is set the colour of all the bubbles in a specific one (let s say black) and then change 10-15 bubbles of interest to other colours.

 

How can I do this?

 

The default colours Powerbi gives me are different for each legend and it will take me hours to make them all black manually. I need to set a default for all of them and then mannually change the ones I want. 

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks 

alanhodgson
Solution Supplier
Solution Supplier

Hey @samdthompson,

 

If you are using the default Scater Plot visual, then it is the first option under the format tab. See below:

Capture14.PNG

 

Hope this helps,

 

Alan

Yeah, it seems to fall apart since i have the play axis on. Thats super wierd.

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Instead of changing the color put the column in legend . 

@Baskar I have that but I cant customise the colours if I have a play axis. I guess I just need to put up with the default ones. No doubt in time it will be fixed.

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.
Anonymous
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It's been more than a year and I had the same problem, when you animate the scatter chart you can't change colors

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