Bubble

Use a bubble visualization to show relationships among columns that contain numeric values, such as revenue and profit.

A bubble visualization uses data points and bubbles to plot measures anywhere along a scale. One measure is plotted along each axis. The size of the bubble represents a third measure. Use bubble visualizations to represent financial data or any data where measure values are related.

The bubbles are in different sizes and colors. The x-axis represents one measure. The y-axis represents another measure, and the size of the bubbles represents the third measure. In the example shown below, color is represented by an identifier.

The example that is shown represents the months since the policy inception.

Create the Bubble visualization by dragging the following data items from Customer Analysis in the Sources pane :

• Drag Months Since Policy Inception onto the x-axis field.
• Drag Total Claim Amount onto the y-axis field.
• Drag Customer Lifetime Value onto the Size field.
• Drag Employment Status onto the Color field.

You can customize the bubble chart. For example, to make the x-axis of the bubble chart appear as it does in the sample, do the following steps:

1. Click the visualization, then in the Field pane, click the <Total Claim Amount> data item.
2. Click and set the following options:
   • Format type: Currency
   • Currency symbol: K
   • Currency symbol position: End
   • Number of decimal places: 0
   • Scale: -3 (this presents values in thousands).

Click to close the Properties pane.