QlikView for Developers Cookbook

Using redundant encoding with a scatter chart

It is very typical to display values for categorical dimensions using a bar chart. This is a very powerful and simple way to understand a chart. The length of the bars models the values in a very intuitive way.

Sometimes, however, it can be valuable to add an additional level of encoding to gain additional insight.

In this example, we are going to add space as an additional encoding. We can do this using a scatter chart.

Getting ready

Load the following script:

LOAD * INLINE [
    Country, Sales
    USA, 100000
    UK, 60000
    Germany, 50000
    France, 45000
    Canada, 30000
    Mexico, 20000
    Japan, 15000
];

How to do it…

Use the following steps to create a scatter chart demonstrating redundant encoding:

1. Create a new scatter chart. ...