Built-in Mathematica Symbol

BubbleChart

BubbleChart[{{x₁, y₁, z₁}, {x₂, y₂, z₂}, ...}]
makes a bubble chart with bubbles at positions {x_i, y_i} with sizes z_i.

BubbleChart[{..., w_i[{x_i, y_i, z_i}, ...], ..., w_j[{x_j, y_j, z_j}, ...], ...}]
makes a bubble chart with bubble features defined by the symbolic wrappers w_k.

BubbleChart[{data₁, data₂, ...}]
makes a bubble chart from multiple datasets data_i.

MORE INFORMATION

Data elements for BubbleChart can be given in the following forms:

	{x_i,y_i,z_i}	a pure bubble value
	w_i[{x_i,y_i,z_i},...]	a bubble with value {x_i, y_i, z_i} and wrapper w_i
	form_i→m_i	a sector form with metadata m_i

The values z_i should be positive.

Data not given in these forms is ignored in forming the bubble chart.

Data sets for BubbleChart can be given in the following forms:

	{e₁,e₂,...}	list of elements with or without wrappers
	w[{e₁,e₂,...},...]	wrapper applied to a whole data set
	w[{data₁,data₁,...},...]	wrapper applied to all datasets

The following wrappers can be used for chart elements:

	Annotation[e,label]	provide an annotation
	Button[e,action]	define an action to execute when the element is clicked
	EventHandler[e,...]	define a general event handler for the element
	Hyperlink[e,uri]	make the element act as a hyperlink
	Labeled[e,...]	display the element with labeling
	Legended[e,...]	include features of the element in a chart legend
	Mouseover[e,over]	make the element show a mouseover form
	PopupWindow[e,cont]	attach a popup window to the element
	StatusArea[e,label]	display in the status area when the element is moused over
	Style[e,opts]	show the element using the specified styles
	Tooltip[e,label]	attach an arbitrary tooltip to the element

In BubbleChart, Labeled and Placed allow the following positions:

	Top,Bottom,Left,Right,Center	positions within bubbles
	Above,Below, Before, After	positions outside bubbles
	{{b_x,b_y},{l_x,l_y}}	scaled position {l_x, l_y} in the label at scaled position {b_x, b_y} in the bubble

BubbleChart has the same options as Graphics with the following additions and changes:

AspectRatio	1	overall ratio of width to height
BubbleScale	"Area"	feature scale used for bubbles
BubbleSizes	Automatic	size range to use for bubbles
ChartBaseStyle	Automatic	overall style for bubbles
ChartElementFunction	Automatic	how to generate raw graphics for bubbles
ChartElements	Automatic	graphics to use for each of the bubbles
ChartLabels	None	labels for data elements and datasets
ChartLegends	None	legends for data elements and datasets
ChartStyle	Automatic	style for bubbles
ColorFunction	Automatic	how to color bubbles
ColorFunctionScaling	True	whether to normalize arguments to ColorFunction
Frame	True	whether to draw a frame around the chart
LabelingFunction	Automatic	how to label bubbles
LegendAppearance	Automatic	overall appearance of legends
PerformanceGoal	$PerformanceGoal	aspects of performance to try to optimize

BubbleChart layers bubbles from largest to smallest for maximal visibility.

The arguments supplied to ChartElementFunction are the bubble region {{x_min,x_max},{y_min,y_max}}, the values {x_i, y_i, z_i} and the metadata {m₁, m₂, ...} from each level in a nested list of datasets.

A list of built-in settings for ChartElementFunction can be obtained from ChartElementData["BubbleChart"].

The arguments supplied to ColorFunction are x, y and z.

Style and other specifications from options and other constructs in BubbleChart are effectively applied in the order ChartStyle, ColorFunction, Style and other wrappers, ChartElements and ChartElementFunction, with later specifications overriding earlier ones.