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Showing certain dataset in scatterplot

So I have two datasets (Red and Teal) in a scatterplot. The red dataset has a lot more data points and it's obscuring the Teal points. Is there any way to move the teal points to the front so they are visible in the scatterplot?

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TomMartens
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Hey @Anonymous 

 

the ordering is determined by the ordering of the values used as legend, by default this ordering is alphabetically.

So you might consider to provide an ordering of the values by a different column.

This article provides some general information about ordering:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column

and this article provides a more general explanation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column#sort-using-the-sort-by-column-button

 

This screenshot shows the default ordering:

image.png

As Asscessories is the 1st "dataset" it will be overwritten by "Components".

The next screenshot shows how the ordering of the column values of the column "EnglishProductCategoryName" has changed and how this affects the "drawing" of the "datasets":

image.png

According to this setting:

image.png

Accessories becomes the last "dataset".

 

Hopefully this provides what you are looking for.

 

Regards,

Tom



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TomMartens
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Super User

Hey @Anonymous 

 

the ordering is determined by the ordering of the values used as legend, by default this ordering is alphabetically.

So you might consider to provide an ordering of the values by a different column.

This article provides some general information about ordering:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column

and this article provides a more general explanation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column#sort-using-the-sort-by-column-button

 

This screenshot shows the default ordering:

image.png

As Asscessories is the 1st "dataset" it will be overwritten by "Components".

The next screenshot shows how the ordering of the column values of the column "EnglishProductCategoryName" has changed and how this affects the "drawing" of the "datasets":

image.png

According to this setting:

image.png

Accessories becomes the last "dataset".

 

Hopefully this provides what you are looking for.

 

Regards,

Tom



Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution, this will help others!

Proud to be a Super User!
I accept Kudos 😉
Hamburg, Germany

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