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Ease of Development
rEPorTING TooL
PrEDEFINED CHArT TyPE
EASE oF DEVELoPMENT
Excel
Yes
PerformancePoint
Yes
Power View
No
Reporting Services
Yes
Silverlight/HTML5
N/A
SCATTEr PLoTS AND BuBBLE CHArTS
A scatter plot is a chart of points, graphed on an x and y (horizontal and verti-
cal) axis. For static temporal analysis, the horizontal axis will be always be the
time period of the chart.
A bubble chart is a refinement of the scatter plot. The horizontal position is
still time, but in addition to using position on the vertical axis to represent a
data point, the size of the bubble, its color, and, in some tools, its shape can
be used to represent data points.
Bubble charts have been used with great effect as animated tools. Rather than
showing time on the horizontal axis, another data point can be represented
on the horizontal axis, and the changes over time are shown by changing the
various values. The animation draws attention, as the bubbles grow or shrink,
and move around on the plot. However, it is vital that the animation can be
paused, and that the position on the timeline is shown, as shown in Figure 11-6.
Ease of Development
rEPorTING TooL
PrEDEFINED CHArT TyPE
EASE oF DEVELoPMENT
Excel
Yes
PerformancePoint
Yes
Power View
No
Reporting Services
Yes
Silverlight/HTML5
N/A
