Using Parametric Layouts

A Parametric layout enables you to create scatter plots by displaying any numerical property value encoded in your data on X-, Y-, or Z- axes.

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You can:

  • Select a numerical property to be displayed on the X-, Y-, and Z- axes.

  • Set an Advanced Range (minimum and maximum) of values to be displayed.

  • Adjust the scale of the axes using the Axis slider.

  • Choose to show or hide the Axes and/or the Grid.

  • Click the Enable Force Layout icon to additionally display in a force-directed layout the connected nodes that don’t have the selected properties. The default is to collapse these nodes at the origin, because displaying them usually obscures the parametric scatter plot.

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  • Apply the layout, or Reset the graph to restore the layout you started with.

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Creating a parametric layout

To create a parametric layout:

  1. Click to open the Layout panel and choose the Parametric tab.

  2. Choose a property for the X-, Y-, and Z-axes from the drop down menus.

    You can flatten the layout to a 2D projection by choosing none as the Z-axis.

  3. Optionally, click the Advanced Range checkbox to set a range of property values to display.

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  4. Use the Axis slider to adjust the size of the scatterplot space.

  5. Click the Show Axes checkbox to show labeled X-, Y-, and Z- axes. Click the Show Grid checkbox to add gridlines.

  6. Click Apply to apply the parametric layout.

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    Once you are done designing your parametric scatter plot, you can save a Snapshot or data View, and then Reset the data to the layout you started with. For example, if you start with geospatial data pinned to a map, then craft another view of it in a parametric layout, clicking Reset returns you to the map layout.

Saving Parametric Layouts

Your parametric layouts are temporarily saved in the lower part of the panel, and you can:

  • Click Apply to re-apply a saved parametric layout.

  • Click Delete to delete a saved parametric layout.

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    Parametric layouts are deleted when you exit a project, but do persist in a Snapshot or data View.