XY (scatter) chart
The XY (scatter) chart, which we will begin to refer to as a scatter chart, is a relationship plot chart. It plots the relationship between two variables: the independent (X) variable and the dependent (Y) variable. A scatter chart is more popular in the research and academic space than in the business domain because most business users are looking for the performance of known metrics rather than trying to find the relationship between two metrics. So, you have to be careful when using this chart in the business domain: you should be able to confirm that the report users don’t have a well-established interpretation of the relationship between the metrics and that there is business value in showing how the two metrics are related.
One more important thing to note when using a scatter chart is that it is a values-only chart, meaning the horizontal axis is not used to display labels but numerical values. You should never use a scatter chart to plot values...
