Relationship and Distribution with Multiple Measures

In this part of the chapter, you will explore how to best represent two measures in the same view and how these charts can help build the relationship between two or more measures. You will initially look at scatter plots. Once you cover the distribution part of these multiple-measure charts, you will move on to the relationship between these measures by discussing dual axis charts and their uses.

Distribution with Two Measures

Scatter plots are two-dimensional graphs created with two to four measures and zero or more dimensions. The first two measures are used as the x and y axis, and the third and fourth measures, as well as the dimensions, are used for adding more formatting and context to the scatter marks.

Scatter plots are useful when plotting two quantifiable measures against one and other. This could be Sales versus Profit or Quantity versus Discount, for example. Scatter plots also help find patterns or clusters...