Packed Bubbles

This is the N4V FOR WEBI Wiki page for the Packed Bubbles widget.

Updated for N4V 2025.2.10

• Representation of a single or double group level of bubbles packed together.
  
• The size of each bubble reflects the measure indicated.
  
• The color of the bubbles reflects the first level group membership.
  
• Possibility to use the functionality of linked elements on this graph.

• Dimension 1 : Dimension for the first group level (color of the bubbles)
• Dimension 2 : Dimension for the second level

• Measure 1 : Measure for the size of the bubbles

• Display the tooltip when you move the mouse over the bubbles
• You can move the bubbles into the chart
• If an element linking is defined on the chart, when clicking on a bubble, the linked chart is filtered with the corresponding dimension value. The linked element can be assigned to the first (only when grouping bubbles) or the second level

Use the Webi native element link function to make this graph interact with other elements of the same report (native Webi tables / graphs and / or Need4Viz graphs). Element binding can be defined on all objects or individually on one of the dimensions of the graph.

You can find instructions for accessing settings for Need4Viz graphics: Format Custom Element.

For the Packed Bubbles, the available parameters are:

Global

• Palette and Style
  • General : You can use the palette tool to define the colors used to build the graph.

Extended parameters

• Global → See the user guide for the “Global” section here

• Menu → See the user guide for the “Menu” section here

• Options
  • Markers : This setting allows you to define the shape type of bubbles. Depending in the space available in the frame, you can adjust the min/max size of the bubbles (especially when using the grouping option)
  • Color : This setting allows you to set a gradient effect on the chart
  • Labels: This setting allows you to display the labels only above a given value. You can also set the font and the kind of label to display (value/percentage) and apply or not highlighting of the labels
  • Grouping: This parameter is used to group bubbles (from same first dimension group value) into circles. You can also set the labels to display for the grouping bubble.

• Selection → See the user guide for the “Selection” section here

• Controls → See the user guide for the “Selection” section here

• Tooltip → See the user guide for the “Tooltip” section here

• Legend → See the user guide for the “Legend” section here

• Measure
  • Measure display: This setting allows you to specify the name of the measure in the labels (replaces the Webi object name, %SECTION% N4V variable can be used in the label), the unit to add as a measurement prefix or suffix as well as the measurement accuracy. The measurement display format (standard - e.g.: 2,345.67, compact - e.g.: 2.3K or compact long - e.g.: 2.3 thousand) can also be defined.
  • Bubbles level 2 percentage : This setting allows you to define the kind and precision of percentage for the values (level 2).
  • Grouping level : This setting allows you to define the precision of percentage for the grouped bubbles (level 1) and the kind of aggregation function to use.

Export Server → See the user guide for the “Export Server” section here

Export FTP → See the user guide for the “Export FTP” section here

Export SharePoint → See the user guide for the “Export SharePoint” section here