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Violin Plot

Examples​

Violin Plot Example

Context​

Violin plots combine a box plot with a density plot, illustrating the full distribution shape for each category. Excellent for comparing distributions when you also want to see their shape.

Inputs​

  • Category (X-axis, categorical variable)
  • Value (Y-axis, numerical variable)

Settings​

  • Chart Name (customizable title)
  • Chart Legend (define or modify legend text)
  • Band Width (adjustable width for smoothing)
  • Intervals (control the number of divisions in the density estimate)
  • Point Opacity (adjust transparency of individual data points)
  • Point Size (set size of data points for better visibility)

Axis Controls​

  • Rotate Y-axis labels (toggle label orientation for readability)
  • Y-axis text size (adjustable via slider)
  • Y-axis width (modify axis width for layout optimization)
  • Rotate X-axis labels (toggle orientation for better fit)
  • X-axis text size (adjustable via slider)
  • X-axis height (modify spacing to accommodate longer labels)

Color Settings​

  • Color By (choose a variable for color encoding)
  • Show Color Legend (enable/disable color legend)
  • SymLog Color Scale (apply logarithmic scaling for better contrast)
  • Trim Color Scale (adjust percentile range for color mapping)
  • Treat Zero as Missing (exclude zero values from visualization)

Tooltip & Interaction​

  • Show Tooltip (enable or disable tooltip display)
  • Tooltip Value (choose which information appears in the tooltip)
  • Centre Plot (reset and centre the visualization)

Filtering & Display​

  • Action on Filter
    • Hide Points (remove filtered-out points)
    • Gray Out Points (retain but dim non-selected points)