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How To Create A Packed Bubble Chart

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HOW TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART

Packed bubble charts are used to display data in a cluster of circles.


Dimensions define the individual bubbles, and measures define the size and color
of the individual circles.

Packed Bubble charts fall under the Relationship visual segment.

The arrangement of the bubbles is out of our control, but we can control how big
the bubbles are by placing a measure on Size e.g: Sales
The key to making bubble charts useful is placing the correct fields in the
appropriate place on the Marks card, specifically on the Color, Size and Detail
shelf.

Packed bubble chart is a means to show relational value without regards to axes.
The bubbles are packed in as tightly as possible to make efficient usage of space.
HOW TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Simple way to read a Packed Bubble Chart:
Larger the size of the circle/bubble greater is the measure
When we make use of a measure on color, the color gradient will denote the
range of the measure
Typically, the color denotes the dimension used in the visual

Packed Bubble Charts are good at getting insights at a high level.


They are not helpful for comparing the size of circles/bubbles

Some of the useful points that can be obtained from Packed Bubble Charts:

1. Identifying outliers
2. Identifying similar groups
3. Identifying patterns
a) how many similar colored circles/bubbles are present
b) how many similar colored bubbles are bigger or smaller
HOW TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART

The basic building blocks for a packed bubble chart are as follows:

Mark type: Circle


Detail: Dimension
Size: Measure
Color: Dimension or Measure
Label(optional): Dimension or Measure

We will go through an example of creating a Packed Bubble Chart without using


the "Show Me" menu.
We will be using the standard Sample Superstore data set.
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 1: Create a Hierarchy called Category details with the below mentioned
dimensions
Category
Sub-Category
Product Name
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 2: Change the Mark type to Circle
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 3: Drag and drop Sales to Size on Marks card
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 4: Drag and drop Hierarchy Category details to Color on Marks card
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 5: Drag and drop Category to Label on Marks card
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Step 6: Click on the + near Category color pill
We move to one lower level in the Hierarchy i.e., Sub-Category. Now Sub-Category
is moved to Detail of the Marks card
Now we get more information to the first bubble chart i.e., there are more
bubbles at the Sub-Category level
Now, we get one bubble per Category and Sub-Category. Note the arrangement of
the bubbles. Again, we cannot manually move bubbles around.
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 7: Drag and drop Sub-Category to Label on Marks card
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 8: Click on the + near Sub-Category detail pill
Now we move to Product Name level. This will result in more bubbles
Now we get one bubble per Category, Sub-Category and Product Name.
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 9: Move back to Sub-Category level. Drag and drop Profit to Color on Marks card

The size of the bubbles


shows the sales for
different combinations of
Category and Sub-
Category.

The color of the bubbles


shows the profit.
The darker the blue, the
greater the profit
The darker the orange, the
lesser the profit.
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Step 10: If required we can create a Calculated Field, Neg Profit to show the
negative profit with a different color
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 11: Drag and drop the calculated field Neg Profit to Colors on Mark card

The combinations of
Category and Sub-Category
with Negative profits are
shown as Orange bubbles

The combinations of
Category and Sub-Category
with Positive profits are
shown as Blue bubbles
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 12: If required we can create a Calculated Field for Profit Margin
STEPS TO CREATE A PACKED BUBBLE CHART
Step 13: Drag and drop the calculated field Profit Margin to Colors on Mark card

The darker the blue, the


greater the Profit Margin

The darker the orange, the


lesser the Profit Margin

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