Floating Bubble Charts

Floating bubble charts are based on two metrics and two attributes. Floating bubble charts are supported by all Composer data connectors except Cloudera Search. They are supported by Composer Apache Solr connectors for version 5.2 or later.

Note: To edit the number or date and time format for this visual, see Configure Number Formatting for Visuals and Configure Date and Time Formatting for Visuals.

The default settings used for floating bubble charts vary, based on the data source selected for the chart.

This topic describes:

• Configure Settings for a Floating Bubble Chart

• Configure Colors for a Specific Floating Bubble Chart

Configure Settings for a Floating Bubble Chart

Change the settings for a specific floating bubble chart

1. Edit the floating bubble chart you want to modify. See Edit Visuals.

2. If you are editing the visual in a dashboard, select Settings from the chart drop-down menu. The sidebar menu for the visual appears.

   If you are editing the visual from the Visual Gallery, the sidebar appears to the right of the visual.

3. Select the settings icon () on the sidebar menu. The Floating Bubble Chart Settings sidebar for the visual appears.

   

4. Alter the settings as needed:

   Setting	Description
   Horizontal Scroll, Vertical Scroll	Select to enable users to scroll and zoom data for this visual. Other settings you define for this visual may limit the availability of this option.

5. Optionally, edit the number or date and time format for this visual. See Configure Number Formatting for Visuals and Configure Date and Time Formatting for Visuals.

6. Select the save icon () to save the dashboard and the visual with its updated settings.

Configure Colors for a Specific Floating Bubble Chart

Specify the color settings for a specific floating bubbles chart using the Color sidebar

1. Edit the visual you want to modify. See Edit Visuals.

2. If you are editing the visual in a dashboard, select Settings from the visual drop-down menu. The sidebar menu for the visual appears. If you are editing the visual from the Visual Gallery, the sidebar appears to the right of the visual.

   Select the color icon () on the sidebar menu. The Color sidebar for the visual appears.

   

3. Configure the color settings as described below. As you change the color settings, the legend at the top of the Color sidebar shows how the legend will appear on the visual. Supported color specifications are described in Specify Colors.

   Setting	Description
   Legend	Enable or disable to display a dynamic legend in this visual. Dynamic legends allow you to temporarily add or remove data shown in the visual. For distinct color styles, select a data point in the legend to turn it off and on in the visual. Use the color selector to manually assign colors for legend items. If available, enable or disable a static legend for this visual.
   Color Attribute	Select the attribute that affects the segment color in the visual.
   Group By Color Palette	Select a color palette for this specific visual. Select the Inherit from theme checkbox to use the color palette specified by the theme.

4. Close the Color sidebar and the color settings are dynamically applied to the visual.

5. Select the save icon () to save the dashboard and the visual with its updated settings.