scatter chart, point size

[Erin]

Hi,

I have a scatter chart on my dashboard, and I am looking for a way to shrink the size of the pints on the chart. Since I have large amount of data on the chart, I would like to see just a small dot, instead of around 1.5 mm circle/filled point I can get currently,  for each data. I don't mean the size of bubble created by a field.

Thanks,

Erin

[ShingoMcLeod]

A colleague of mine Dan has found a solution to this as I was having the same problem.  The size property on the visual is your scaling factor, the marker size in the format menu is the start point.  What threw me and others above is that the marker size start point when using scaling is different vs not using scaling.  That makes little sense to me but anyway... the solution here is that you can actually set the marker size (the start point) to a negative amount, up to minus 30 (-30).  That should really help, it did for me 😊.

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[Orlando]

Good morning:

I´m using a scatter chart, and many values falls into the same space in the grid.  And when I click in that point, it only shows me the first value and do not allow me to see the other values behind.  
Can you help me  on how to show all the other values that are behind the point?  

Please help. Thanks.  

[v-caliao-msft]

Hi Erin,

In a scatter chart, if we do not add value to size, then each bubble has the same size.

If we add value to szie, then the bubble size is chanaged based on the values on size automically.

Reference
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-tutorial-scatter/

If this is not what you want, please elaborate your issue, if possible provide us some screenshots, so that we can make further analysis.

Regards,

Charlie Liao

[caggle]

We are having the same issue.  The default size of the dots in the scatterplot is too large.  We want all the dots to be the same size, just smaller.  For example if they're 12 pt right now, we want 8 pt.  If we add a field to "size", the bubbles get really big, even if the value is small.  It's possible to do in Excel.  Here's where someone had the same issue in Excel:  https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140131071700AAA4SjR 

[caggle]

We are having the same issue.  The default size of the dots in the scatterplot is too large.  We want all the dots to be the same size, just smaller.  For example if they're 12 pt right now, we want 8 pt.  If we add a field to "size", the bubbles get really big, even if the value is small.  It's possible to do in Excel.  Here's where someone had the same issue in Excel:  https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140131071700AAA4SjR 

[willsmithorg]

I have the same problem.  I suspect it can't be done with current functionality.  Even if I create a column like

PointSize = 0.2

Then set 'Size' to 'Average of PointSize' 

I then get huge circles.

[Anonymous]

Though it has known limitations (see https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-r-visuals/), an R visual lets you control more features, but can be fiddly to format just right I suspect - e.g. simple scatter plot:

library(ggplot2) # Needed for ggplot

# Avoid having to reference dataset$ each time in function calls
attach(dataset)

#Plot the dataset by XAxis and YAxis, with Value to set the fill colour
ggplot(dataset,aes(x=`XAxis`, y=`YAxis`, colour=`Value`)) +

#Plot as (filled) points with a dot of size 2.8mm (2.8mm =~8 pt)
geom_point(size=2.8)