Providing Data
The Web Dashboard allows you to bind various dashboard items to data in a virtually uniform manner. To learn more, see the Bind Dashboard Items to Data topic.
The only difference is in the data sections that the required dashboard item has. This topic describes how to bind a Scatter Chart dashboard item to data.
Binding to Data in the Web Dashboard
The image below shows a sample Scatter Chart dashboard item that is bound to data.
To bind the Scatter Chart dashboard item to data, click a placeholder contained in one of the available data sections and select the required data source field in the Binding section of the invoked data item menu.
The table below lists and describes the Scatter Chart's data sections.
| Section | Processed as | Description |
|---|---|---|
| X-Axis | Measure | Contains the data item against which the X-coordinates of data points are calculated. |
| Y-Axis | Measure | Contains the data item against which the Y-coordinates of data points are calculated. |
| Weight | Measure | Contains the data item whose values are used to calculate the weight of data points. |
| Arguments | Dimension | Contains data items that provide scatter chart arguments used to create data points. |