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title: Scatter
description: Plot two measures against each other to find correlations, clusters, and outliers.
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Scatter charts plot individual data points using two measures as X and Y coordinates. Use them to explore relationships between measures, identify clusters, and spot outliers across a population of entities.

## Variants

### Basic scatter

Two measures on the X and Y axes. Each row in your result set becomes one point.

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### With color grouping

Map a dimension to the **Color** channel to assign each point a color by category. Use this to compare how different groups distribute across the same two measures.

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### With size encoding

Map a third numeric measure to the **Size** channel to scale each point's radius by value. Use this to encode a third variable without adding a new axis.

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## Size encoding

Assign a measure to the **Size** channel in the Fields tab. Points scale proportionally to the measure value. Configure the minimum and maximum radius in the Style tab.

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## Tooltips

All mapped fields appear in the tooltip by default. Add or remove fields in the **Tooltips** section of the Fields tab.

See [Tooltips](/docs/explore-analyze/charts/configuration/tooltips) for details.
