| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
insanegathering
Australia
6 Posts |
 Posted - 05/02/2011 : 11:50:33 PM
|
Origin 8.1.34.90 SR3 1991-2010 Windows Vista Business.
Is it possible to create a multipanel scatter graph showing concentrations of individual metals (Y) at various sites (X) and different symbols to indicate varying seasons? This is what it looks like in sigmaplot ->
http://img705.imageshack.us/i/plothi.jpg/
Any help to get me started on this would be much appreciated!
|
|
|
easwar
USA
1964 Posts |
|
|
insanegathering
Australia
6 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2011 : 9:13:18 PM
|
Ok I figured this one out. I separated my historical data into different worksheet tabs. I created the 14 scatter graphs using the multipanel plot option. Next, I and selected "Layer contents" by right clicking on the respective layer number in the graph sheet. I then added the data I needed and distinguished the color/shape of the symbol for each of the historical datasets by simply double clicking on the graph plots. I did this for each individual layer.
If anyone knows a quicker way of doing this I'd be happy to hear it! |
 |
|
|
greg
USA
1378 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2011 : 3:09:46 PM
|
I assume your data was originally in a form like this:
Site(X), Metal(Y), Season(Y)
Click on Season(Y) column to select it.
Right click on the selection and choose "Set as Categorical".
(This creates a numeric, categorical 'map' for your values.)
I couldn't quite see your Sites, but I assume they are text as well and you should repeat above for Sites(X) to create the categorical map.
Now select Metal(Y) column and plot as Scatter.
Choose Format : Plot to open Plot Details at the data level.
Check the 'Show Construction' checkbox and choose Col(C) in the Shape drop-down.
Click OK.
You can select Graph : New Enhanced Legend to show categorical information.
Origin would not see any difference between the two "April 2010" values, nor between the two "October 2010" values. You can get more complete control of Indexing to control Color, Size, Shape and Interior fill based on columns. The numbers in the columns are the index of those values in their respective lists. So 1=Square, 2=Circle, etc. for Shape and 1=Black, 2=Red, etc. for Color.
Another approach which gives you more editing flexibility, is to have separate X,Y column pairs for each seasonal group and use Long Name as the Seasonal Group info.
Whether this data is XYXYXYXY in one sheet or XY in multiple sheets does not matter - you can plot all the Y's in one scatter graph and group. Then you can use Group incremental features.
|
|
|
|
Coachman140
New Zealand
1 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2011 : 5:02:05 PM
|
Thanks for all the information. This has been a great help for me. |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Multipanel plots each with unique Y layers