Formatting a Graph Matrix visualization

You can format a Graph Matrix visualization, to determine the shape used to display graph elements, whether to have MicroStrategy optimize space in the visualization by automatically sizing graph elements, and so on.

Prerequisites

You must have the Web Visual Insight and Execute Document or Analysis privileges.
This procedure assumes you have already created a Visual Insight analysis with the Graph Matrix visualization you want to format. For steps, see Creating a Graph Matrix visualization.

To format a Graph Matrix visualization

Click the name of the analysis to run it.
From the Drop Zones panel, click the Properties icon . The Properties panel is displayed.
From the Shape drop-down list, select the shape to use to display graph elements in the visualization. The options are:

Note: The options available may vary depending on the type of graph displayed in the visualization.

Bar
Line

Circle

Square

For bar graphs, you can determine whether the bars are displayed as clustered bars or stacked bars by default when there are enough report objects on the Drop Zones panel to display either style. For example, a Graph Matrix visualization contains one attribute in the X Axis area of the Drop Zones panel, and one metric in the Y Axis area. By default, if you add an attribute to the Break By area, a stacked bar graph is displayed. You can choose to display the graph as clustered instead.

From the Subtype drop-down list, select one of the following:

To allow MicroStrategy to determine which type of graph to display, select Automatic.
To display clustered bars by default, select Clustered.

To display stacked bars by default, select Stacked.

You can specify how graph elements are sized and displayed in the visualization. By default, MicroStrategy attempts to automatically size graph elements in the visualization to optimize the graph display. For example, in a bubble graph, MicroStrategy attempts to display large bubbles for large metric values and small bubbles for small metric values, without hiding smaller bubbles under large ones if they overlap. From the Type drop-down list, select one of the following:

To have MicroStrategy automatically size graph elements to optimize the graph display, select Automatic.
To have graph elements automatically sized to touch each neighboring graph element, select Auto Fit. This option is only available for the Grid graph style.

To manually select the size in which to display graph elements, select Manual.

To determine the size of graph elements manually, click the arrow icon next to the Value field, then type a number. If all graph elements in the visualization are the same size (there is no metric in the Size area), this value determines the size of all elements displayed in the visualization. If the graph elements are automatically sized based on the value of a metric (there is a metric in the Size area), this value is the size of the largest graph element displayed in the visualization. This option is only available if the Size option is set to Manual.