Workspace Node: Icon Plots - Quick Tab

The Icon Plots workspace node can be accessed from the Feature Finder, ribbon bar, or Node Browser. The Quick tab of the specifications dialog box is displayed by default when you double-click the node.

Element Name Description
Variables Click this button to display a variable selection dialog box, in which you can select the variable(s) for the graph. The selections made will be displayed below the Variables button.
Graph Type Select the type of icon plot from the Graph Type list on this tab. Click the desired icon plot link below for a brief description of that type of graph.

Chernoff Faces

Pies

Stars

Sun Rays

Polygons

Columns

Lines

Profiles

Standardize You can control the standardization of the values of variables selected for the icon plot with the options in this group box.
Off When you select this option button, the raw data values will be used to create the icon plots.
Variables Select this option button to standardize the values of the variables across cases.
Cases Select this option button to standardize the values of the variables within each icon.
Twice This option involves one regular standardization (i.e., across cases) followed by a standardization within each case (icon).

Except for unusual cases when you intend the icons to reflect the global differences in ranges of values between the selected variables, the values of the variables should be standardized once to assure the within-icon compatibility of value ranges. For example, because the largest value sets the global scaling reference point for the icons, if there are variables that are in a range of much smaller order, they may not appear in the icon at all, e.g., in a star plot, the rays that represent them will be too short to be visible.

Mark Icons Click this button to display the Specify Multiple Subsets dialog box, in which you can specify the cases whose icons will be marked (i.e., frames will be placed around the selected icons) in the plot. The line patterns of frames that identify specific subsets will be listed in the legend next to the text of the respective case selection conditions (as defined in the Specify Multiple Subsets dialog box).

Options / C / W. See Common Options.

OK Click the OK button to accept all the specifications made in the dialog box and to close it. The results are placed in the Reporting Documents node after running (updating) the project.

See also, Appearance tab, Options 1 tab, Options 2 tab, and Home tab.