ALTERNATIVE COMBINATIONS PLOT

The alternative combinations plot shows, for each dimension of a given row result, the variance value that would result by changing the filter on that one dimension. This is useful to visualize the impact of each item on variance.

The size of the bubbles is proportional to the average monetary amount in the two periods. Hover on the bubbles to see the alternate combinations.

PLOT EXAMPLE

Our Variable Dimension Bridge report returned the following chart.

Select "row 1" in the Data to Plot widget, "alternative combinations" in the Plot Type widget. This chart is returned. The column of bubbles on the right, above the 32k variance value, corresponds to the selected combination (in this case Color => "Black", all other dimensions =>"All").

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This particular toy dataset has only two possible hair colors, "Black" and "Blonde".

The bubble in the far left of the "Color" row of the chart indicates what variance would be if we changed "Black" to "Blonde" in this combination and left all other dimensions untouched (aka to "all").

Variance would then be a negative 12k.

SAVING THE PLOT

To save the plot as a PNG file, click on the small circle to the right of the legend, and select "save as PNG".

CHOICE OF COLOR PALETTE

You can choose one of the eight available color palettes. Six are inspired by Mekko Graphics, the other two are the default Tableau and PowerBi palettes.