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Scatterplot as heatmap

I'm creating a scatterplot of two vars. But there are too many points, so the chart gets full

 

I have tried to reduce the points size to minimum, then set the bubble size depending on frequency. But even this way I can't get exactly what I need. It would be great to ser TRANSPARENCY of each bubble the same way I set the bubble size (by frequency), but I don't seee any way to do this. Any ideas? Is there a way to use a 'heatmap' instead of an scatterplot?

 

Thanks!

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Hi @Francisco_G_Cal ,

 

You can try using the sampling algorithm in Power BI to improve how scatter charts represent high-density data.

High-density scatter charts in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

                                                                                                                                                         

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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

This option is already activated in my graph, but it gets anyway too dense:

Scatter.jpg

 

That's why I tried R ggplot. It worked great, but R Script didn't work with field parameters (the other question you kindly answered)
https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Pass-field-parameter-to-R-script/m-p/3378436

 

Thanks (for both posts 🙂)

 

My idea is turn that scatterplot in something similar to density graphs in maps:

Density.jpg

Is there something like this?

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