Circle packing charts
Circle packing charts display hierarchical data as a set of nested areas to visualize a
large amount of hierarchically structured data. It's similar to a treemap, but uses circles instead
of rectangles. Circle packing charts use containment (nesting) to display hierarchy data.
Creating a simple circle packing chart
- In the Chart Type section, click the Time plot
icon.
The canvas updates to display a circle packing chart template.
- Select a Columns variable from the drop-down list.Note: Click Add another column to include more column variables.
- Click the Save visualization in the project control. Select Create a new asset or Append to existing asset. Provide a Visualization asset name, an optional description, and a chart name.
- Click Apply to save the visualization to the project. The new visualization asset is now available on the Assets tab.
Options
- Columns
- Lists variables that are available for the chart.
- Group color
- Turn on or off color groupings.
- Summary
- Select a statistical summary function (the method that is used for summarizing each category).Two types of statistical summary functions are available. The distinction is important because it determines whether you need to specify a Value variable.
- Functions that do not require a value variable. Functions that do not require a variable. All count and percentage statistics are in this category. These statistics are available when the Value variable is not defined.
- Functions that do require a value variable. Functions that do require a Value variable. For example, the Mean function requires a variable on which the mean is calculated. These statistics are available when the Value variable is not defined.
- Value
- This field displays when a Summary function that requires a value variable, is selected. Select a variable to serve as the value.
- Primary title
- The chart title.
- Subtitle
- The chart subtitle.
- Footnote
- The chart footnote.