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sizeValue – the values that will control the radius of the bubbles

These associate names are defined in the configuration file of the report. It

is possible to use different associate names by editing the properties of the

Bubble Plot component using the Designer. However, as these associate

names are not displayed in the report this is usually not necessary.

When using this configuration you may want to define certain minimum and

maximum axes values for the bubble plot component. This is done in the

Metadata settings of your Data Manager (Excel or Access) and can be

defined on an indicator or theme basis. Please see section ‘E.6.2. Adding

Indicator Display Metadata’ for detailed information on how to define

metadata settings. The MetadataElement commands required are as

follows:

minChartValueX – sets the minimum X axis value of the Bubble Plot

component

maxChartValueX – sets the maximum X axis value of the Bubble Plot

component

minChartValueY – sets the minimum Y axis value of the Bubble Plot

component

maxChartValueY – sets the maximum Y axis value of the Bubble Plot

component

An example of how you should prepare your data is provided in the Excel

workbook called IAworkbookBubblePlot_Simple.xls.

This is located in the ‘workbooks’ folder of your InstantAtlas software. The

default location for this is:

C:\Program Files\GeoWise\InstantAtlas\workbooks.

You can see that each indicator date is accompanied by the three

associates listed above (Figure 185).

Figure 185

You can specify the labels that will appear on the X and Y axes by using

the Designer to open the report’s configuration file and editing the

properties of the Bubble Plot component.

J.4. Scatter Plot

With this configuration the chart is a normal bi-variate scatter plot. The

points in the chart are all the same size. The colour can be linked to the