View Chart Panel (Scatter default)

View selected data as either a Scatterplot or Histogram or open a previously saved chart. New charts can be saved or exported.

 

To display this panel, do one of the following:

  • in the Project Table panel, choose Data → View Chart
  • click the Tasks button and browse to Project Table and Project Operations → View Chart
  • Using
  • Features
  • Additional Resources

Using the View Chart Panel

You can visualize data through multiple charts, either in a Scatterplot (default) or in a Histogram and include in the Workspace or Display in a Data Table. You can then choose to create New Scatterplot or a New Histogram to visualize further.

When a chart is created, you can save the settings for the chart as a named template, and use them for other plots. You can do this with the Save As Template button in the panel for the plot. The templates are stored in your Maestro user resources directory.

To view data in a chart - either in a Scatterplot (default) or in a Histogram - select the desired entries in the Project Table and in the Project Table panel, choose Data → View Chart.

View Chart Panel Features

Show chart option menu

View selected data as a New Scatterplot (default) or as a New Histogram. Previously saved charts will be shown in the list or can be accessed in the Manage Charts Panel.

  • New Scatterplot—View selected data as a scatterplot.

  • New Histogram—View selected data as a histogram.

  • List of previously saved charts—Open a previously saved chart to view or edit.

  • Manage Charts Panel—Open the Manage Charts Panel to view multiple charts simultaneously.

 

Entry Actions option menu

Choose an action to perform on the entries that were used to create the chart:

  • Select in Project Table—select the charted entries in the Project Table/Entry List, and deselect all others. This item is unavailable if the selection is the same as the entries in the chart.

  • Include in Workspace—replace the contents of the Workspace with the charted entries. This item is unavailable if the entries in the Workspace are the same as the entries in the chart.

  • Auto-Load from Project Table—load and chart the data for the selected entries whenever the selection changes in the Project Table. A checkmark is displayed next to the name of this feature when it is enabled, and removed when you select it again to disable it.

  • Reload Chart from Table—redo the chart with the entries that are selected in the Project Table. This allows you to change the entries whose data are plotted. This item is unavailable if the selected entries are the same as included in the chart.

  • Revert to Stored Entries--revert the chart to use the entries that were saved with the chart.

 

Data section

Specify the data and other items to view in the chart. This section has multiple tabs, one for each dataset plotted. You can add or remove sets. See Scatterplot features or Histogram features for details on data options for each type of chart.

Multiple entry sets checkbox

Select Multiple entry sets to add other entries to the chart. Datasets with valid data property will show a "Reload" button beside the entry set name. Datasets with invalid data property will show a "Load" button beside the entry set name. Load new entries by clicking the Load/Reload button for different datasets.

+ Dataset link

Add a dataset tab, to specify a new dataset to be plotted. You can also add a dataset with the +Dataset button on the left.

Collapse icon

Collapse the data editing tools, so that the chart occupies the entire horizontal space. When in collapsed view, choose Show Editor >> to view editing tools.

Sync data icon and options

When active (blue) (default), data will automatically sync from the Workspace into the chart.

  • Click on the icon and select Sync Data Selection (checked) to stop automatic syncing (Sync Data Selection will now not show checkmark).

  • Actions for Syncing option menu

    • Select Data in Other Charts or

    • Filter Other Charts

  • Select Entries in Project Table option

  • Include Entries in Workspace option

Reset view icon

Reset view to last saved chart entry.

Maximize chart icon

Upon hover, the icon will change to blue. When clicked, the chart will occupy the entire panel, hiding other controls. Click the icon again to restore the default display area and show the controls.

 

Scatterplot Features

  • Data section
  • Lines tools
  • Plot / Histogram tools
  • Chart area
  • Export button menu
  • Save as New button
  • Save button
  • Cancelbutton
    • Multiple entry sets option

    Select this option to include multiple entry sets in the chart(s).

     

    Properties tools

    Specify the properties to be included in the chart.

    You can specify multiple properties, one for the x axis, one for the y axis, one for coloring the points by, one to set the size of the points. Color by and Size by are optional, and can be shown or hidden by right-clicking on their buttons, or using the + Attribute link at the top of the Properties section.

     

    Dataset table

      Show the entry title and ID for each entry included in the chart for the data tab that is visible, along with the x and y axis propery values.

       

    Lines tools

    Specify characteristics of the plotted lines.

    Between data points option and button

    Plot lines between the data points, with characteristics chosen using the formatting button.

    Best fit option and text box

    Plot the line of best fit. The equation of the line is shown in the text box along with the R2 value.

    Diagonal with slope option and menu

    Display the line passing through the origin with the slope chosen from the menu (+1 or −1), showing perfect correlation or anticorrelation. This option is likely only useful if the data are sufficiently highly correlated.

    Show Table or Show Settings link

    Show the data table in the section below, if chart settings are shown, or show the chart settings if the data table is shown.

    Plot tools

    Make settings for the annotation of the plot.

    Axis Settings link

    Make settings for the x and y axes. Opens the Change Axis Settings Dialog Box.

    Tooltips link

    Choose information to be included in the tooltip that is shown when the pointer is over a plot point. Opens the Configure Data Tooltips dialog box, where you can choose to show the entry title, the 2d structure, the property values for x, y, color, and size, and choose another property to display its value.

    Legend option and menus

    Select this option to display a legend for the data sets in the chart, and choose the layout and location for the legend.

    Title option and text box

    Selct this option to add a title at the top of the chart, and enter the title text in the text box.

     

    Chart area

    This area displays the chart. The button to the top right expands the chart area to the full size of the panel and hides the rest of the controls, or collapses it again to display the controls.

    Hovering on a point displays a popup with the entry title, the 2d structure for the entry, and the x and y properties and values for the point.

    Right-clicking on a point selects it if it is not selected, and displays a menu with actions that can be performed on the point. If it is one of multiple selected points, the menu items apply to the selected points.

    Selected point context menu

    The context menu for the selected points has the following items:

    • Select in Project Table—select the entries in the Project Table/Entry List for the selected points, and deselect all others. This item is unavailable if the Project Table selection is the same as the entries for the selected points in the chart.

    • Include in Workspace—replace the contents of the Workspace with the entries for the selected points. This item is unavailable if the entries in the Workspace are the same as the entries for the selected points in the chart.

    • Label with Property Values—label the selected points with their property values. The submenu allows you to choose the x or the y property value, or both, or remove the labels.

    • Expand to Other Datasets—expand the selection entries from the current dataset to all the other datasets in the chart, so that the selected entries are the same for all datasets. This replaces any previous selection of entries by selection of points.

    • Zoom to Region—Zoom the chart in to the region occupied by the selected points.

    • Remove Entry from Chart—remove the entries for the selected points from the chart. This allows you to change the entries whose data are plotted.

    Export button menu

    Export the chart as an image (PNG or TIFF) or save the chart data to a CSV file. Opens a file selector so you can browse to a location and name the file.

    Save as New button

    Save the chart as a new chart to the project. Opens a dialog box in which you can name the new chart.

    Save button

    Save the changes made in the current chart to the project.

    Cancel button

    Cancel the changes made to the chart. The Close button changes to Cancel when you make changes to the chart.

     

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