@alex4 this is a great first step - I really appreciate how quickly you’ve added the new feature.
A couple of enhancement requests:
The Bubble editor is throwing errors related to “Data Label Text” and the four Unit Before/After X/Y fields when these don’t have values. There are cases when these fields are not needed so it would be nice if the errors only presented if/when they were actually required. I’m not sure if this is something you can control on the plugin side or not.
Instead of having a global on/off data label setting for the entire chart, would it be possible to set a flag on each data series (I’m adding all my series via workflow) that would control whether the labels for a particular series would be on/off? In the example chart attached below, I would then have the ability to show the series name label for the diamonds but hide it for the circles.
Alternatively, if you could incorporate a new datafield for each series called “custom label” I could then attach my desired values of “0, 1, 2, 3, … 10” to each of the circles. I can’t simply make the series name the numerical values because I want to show a more detailed series name in my custom tooltip on hover.
It would also be useful if the label positioning/font settings could be applied on a per-series basis as well. I would then be able to center labels for one series on their anchors while the other series had labels positioned to the right of their anchor.
For example, when the minimum of the graph is 3 and maximum is 16, the graph shows 3~16.
But I want to shows from 0 to 20.
In the attachment screenshot, minimum is 1 and maximum is 3, but it have to be shown from 0 to5.
(Maximum is set for showing the label. In the screenshot, ‘3’ is not shown completely.)
The Bubble editor is throwing errors related to “Data Label Text” and the four Unit Before/After X/Y fields when these don’t have values. There are cases when these fields are not needed so it would be nice if the errors only presented if/when they were actually required. I’m not sure if this is something you can control on the plugin side or not.
Thanks for flagging this – these fields should now be optional in the new update.
Instead of having a global on/off data label setting for the entire chart, would it be possible to set a flag on each data series (I’m adding all my series via workflow) that would control whether the labels for a particular series would be on/off? In the example chart attached below, I would then have the ability to show the series name label for the diamonds but hide it for the circles.
Makes sense, I’ll look into this
Alternatively, if you could incorporate a new datafield for each series called “custom label” I could then attach my desired values of “0, 1, 2, 3, … 10” to each of the circles. I can’t simply make the series name the numerical values because I want to show a more detailed series name in my custom tooltip on hover.
I’m not sure I fully understand what you mean here. Could you expand on that?
It would also be useful if the label positioning/font settings could be applied on a per-series basis as well. I would then be able to center labels for one series on their anchors while the other series had labels positioned to the right of their anchor.
This chart incorporates two “types” of data points:
Portfolios (represented by larger circles, each with a number label)
Asset Classes (represented by smaller circles, each with a text label such as “Equity•U.S.”)
Note: there are other small yellow circles with no labels in the example chart but please ignore those for this discussion.
With the new scatterplot label feature in your plugin, I can model everything I need for the Asset Classes, as the label for those data points is the same as the Series Name (for example, “Equity•U.S.”).
However, for the Portfolio data points, I would like the Series Name to be a longer text description (e.g. “Model Portfolio - Conservative”) which can be shown in a custom tooltip when a data point is hovered. I would therefore need the plugin to make another text field available that could be used for each data point label on the chart for cases where the desired label is different from the Series Name. So what I am requesting is to add an additional field (called for example “Custom Label”) in each data series’ settings panel where a text string can be stored that could then be used as the source for each data point label on the chart.
For an example Portfolio data point, the data would be something like the following:
X value: 4.8%
Y value: 2.9%
Series Name: “Model Portfolio - Conservative”
Custom Label: “3”
The Series Name value would then be available in the custom tooltip on hover (this is already an available feature) whereas the Custom Label could be used for the data point label in the scatterplot (the new enhancement I’m requesting).
Does this help explain the functionality I’m trying to create? I think adding a “custom label” option would make the label feature very powerful and flexible for a wide variety of use cases beyond just what I’m looking for.
Update in v3.2.0: Added the ability to turn on/off Data Labels per series on Scatter Charts
In the workflow actions to add series to a Scatter Chart, there is now a new field called “Show Data Labels” enabling users to create a chart with a mix of series that have/don’t have labels. FYI @Kent I believe this is a part of your need!
@Kent – thanks for explaining the “Custom Label” use case you’re needing so thoroughly. I’ll add it to my backlog and think through it.
@fact-field – thanks for the additional info. If the data labels are going out of the group’s visibility, there are a couple of options:
You can change the offset of the data label (for example, negative 20 would put the label inside of your bar)
You can make the data label’s anchor “center” and change the data label color to white, black, or another color so that it stands out against the bar
You can change the max and min to be the maximum of your data set’s values + and - a buffer so that they appear on the chart.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
@princesssoria13 thanks for the kind words. Happy to hear the charts have been helpful for you. I’ll be adding the data labels to Bubble charts in the next day or two. Keep an eye out for an announcement!
Update in v4.0.0: Bubble Charts & Scatter Charts now have Data Label Options
When you upgrade the plugin and add a Bubble or Scatter Chart to your page, you’ll see a new section called “Data Labels” with several new properties on the Bubble Chart and Scatter Chart elements, including the following customizations:
Data Label Text (you can configure what appears in the data label, for instance, X value, Y value, Radius Value, and series name as well as units before/after the X, Y, Radius values)
Font size, family, color
Data label placement
Set up labels to be viewable for certain series and not visible for others (via workflow action when adding a series)
Units before and after X, Y, R values
@princesssoria13 FYI data labels are available for Bubble Charts now!
Hey @princesssoria13 I assume you mean for the Scatter/Bubble Charts?
You can set up the Data Label in the “Data Label Text” property on the element. You can customize what appears in the data label using a combination of the strings “x”, “y”, “r”, and “seriesName”. For example, if you wanted to just show the X value and then the series name, you could just type “x, seriesName” in the Data Label Text property. If you needed units or a space in between those strings, you could add them in the “Unit Before X” property and the “Unit After X” property.
Hope that helps and don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any other feedback or questions!
Updates in v4.0.1: Added “Remove all Data Series” workflow action
Hi all, added a new workflow action called “Remove all Data Series (Clear Charts)” for Bar, Line, Radar, Scatter, and Bubble Charts. This action removes all data series and their labels from the charts. Thanks for the feature suggestion @lindsay_knowcode!
@underhill.dan yes, you can absolutely customize the amount of space between each bar in the bar chart. Here’s a screenshot of the properties that you can use to set up the space between the charts:
@alex4 on your demo page. You achieved this chart.
via a workflow - add series which gave the option to add chart type as line chart.
How do I achieve this same chart without a workflow?
ie. I just want it to display a bar chart and a line chart dynamically without having to do a manual workflow?
Currently, you can only achieve Mixed Bar and Line Charts using workflows. I have this on my backlog that I should be able to complete soon. Will keep you posted!
By the way, what’s the reason you want to achieve this without workflows?
