How to Create a Bubble Chart

This article describes how to create a bubble chart with or without labels:

Requirements

You will need:

• A data set.

Method 1 - Default bubble chart

1. Select Visualization > Bubble > Bubble.
2. Click onto the page to place the visualization.
3. From the object inspector, go to Inputs > DATA SOURCE and select either an existing output on a Page (such as a table or R output) in the Output in 'Pages' drop-down, or select the variables from your Data Sets tree to represent the X coordinates and Y coordinates. Note: these variables should be numeric in structure.
4. Select the variable(s) from your data set tree to represent Labels, Sizes, and/or Colors for your bubbles.
5. Click Calculate.

Method 2 - Labeled bubble chart

1. Select Visualization > Bubble > Labeled Bubble.
   
2. Click onto the page to place the visualization.
3. From the object inspector, go to Inputs > DATA SOURCE and select either an existing output on a Page (such as a table or R output) in the Output in 'Pages' drop-down, or select the variables from your Data Sets tree to represent the X coordinates and Y coordinates. Note: these variables should be numeric in structure.
4. Select the variable(s) from your data set tree to represent Labels, Sizes, and/or Colors for your bubbles.
5. Click Calculate.

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