Drawing order

The Drawing order property settings specify in which order the markers for the selected column should be drawn. Drawing order is useful if you have overlapping markers and you want to change how they overlap. Markers that are drawn first can be hidden by markers drawn later.

Used by

Property setting Default value Description
Drawing order by None The specified column from the data and the aggregation function create the drawing order for the markers.
  • For numerical columns, markers representing the lowest values can be drawn first and the highest last.
  • For text-based columns, markers are drawn in alphabetical order.
Reverse drawing order of markers Cleared Specifies that the markers should be drawn in the reverse order.
  • For numerical columns, markers representing the highest values are drawn first and the lowest last.
  • For text-based columns, markers are drawn in reverse alphabetical order.

Example of changing the drawing order

The following demonstrates changing the order in which overlapping markers are drawn. The change is based on the Name column, which is text-based. When reversed, Knox Headquarters is drawn last, overlapping National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. Note that the order of the labels also changes.


animated image showing changing drawing order of markers