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How to plot multiple visualizations of type: scatterplot matrix?

Taruchit
Contributor

Hello All,

I am trying to plot the count of events per day over a span of a week by using scatterplot matrix as the visualization to see if there is any linear relation observed.

And I need to plot 4 charts, one for each week of the month since there are restrictions on number of datapoints a single chart can publish.

But, when I plot more than one chart, the dashboard breaks down and I start getting error: -

Error rendering Scatterplot Matrix visualization

Thus, I need your guidance to resolve the error.

Thank you
Taruchit

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tscroggins
Influencer

Hi @Taruchit,

You can group counts by week of year, which works well for line and column charts:

| timechart span=1d count
| eval week_of_year=strftime(_time, "%V")
| timechart span=1d count as count by week_of_year

tscroggins_0-1695521875046.png

and then use trellis to split the charts by week_of_year:

tscroggins_1-1695521906979.png

However, scatter charts want integral x and y-values. You can use strftime again to convert _time values into reasonable integer values, e.g. the day of the week:

| timechart span=1d count
| eval week_of_year=strftime(_time, "%V")
| eval day_of_week=strftime(_time, "%w")
| xyseries day_of_week week_of_year count

and then use trellis to split the scatter chart by week_of_year:

tscroggins_4-1695521995780.png

If you prefer, you can use some other split-by value:

| timechart span=1d count
| eval day_of_week=strftime(_time, "%w")
| eval split_by="Week of ".strftime(_time-(86400*day_of_week), "%d-%b")
| xyseries day_of_week split_by count

tscroggins_5-1695522015935.png

The markers can be made slightly more visually appealing using a Simple XML dashboard and the charting.chart.markerSize option:

<option name="charting.chart.markerSize">1</option>

tscroggins_6-1695522246960.png

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tscroggins
Influencer

Hi @Taruchit,

You can group counts by week of year, which works well for line and column charts:

| timechart span=1d count
| eval week_of_year=strftime(_time, "%V")
| timechart span=1d count as count by week_of_year

tscroggins_0-1695521875046.png

and then use trellis to split the charts by week_of_year:

tscroggins_1-1695521906979.png

However, scatter charts want integral x and y-values. You can use strftime again to convert _time values into reasonable integer values, e.g. the day of the week:

| timechart span=1d count
| eval week_of_year=strftime(_time, "%V")
| eval day_of_week=strftime(_time, "%w")
| xyseries day_of_week week_of_year count

and then use trellis to split the scatter chart by week_of_year:

tscroggins_4-1695521995780.png

If you prefer, you can use some other split-by value:

| timechart span=1d count
| eval day_of_week=strftime(_time, "%w")
| eval split_by="Week of ".strftime(_time-(86400*day_of_week), "%d-%b")
| xyseries day_of_week split_by count

tscroggins_5-1695522015935.png

The markers can be made slightly more visually appealing using a Simple XML dashboard and the charting.chart.markerSize option:

<option name="charting.chart.markerSize">1</option>

tscroggins_6-1695522246960.png

Taruchit
Contributor

Hi @tscroggins,

Thank you very much for sharing the detailed inputs and also for also sharing the alternate approaches for exploring.

Thank you

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