(ORG-2523)
Sample OPJ to download to try: Box Plot.opj
Grouped Box Chart
(Indexed ORG-948, Raw ORG-8510)
Origin supports plotting grouped Box chart from both Indexed Data or Raw Data. Menus are available under Plot: Statistics menu. Buttons are available from 2D Graphs toolbar. | |
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Grouped-Plot-Only Style Controls
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Box Position with Information from Column Label Rows
(ORG-4094)
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Box Width by Column Label Rows
(ORG-1943)
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More Control of Data and Box
(ORG-1943, ORG-981, ORG-5901, ORG-5881, ORG-1905)
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I Shape Box
(ORG-7839)
How to: Go to Plot Details: Plot Properties: Box tab, set Box: Style to be I-shaped Box. |
Individual Controls for Whiskers Caps Median Mean and Distribution curve
(ORG-816)
How to: Go to Plot Details: Plot Properties: Lines tab. |
Outliers in Line
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Label the Box Plot with Data Value
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Box Chart Legend
(ORG-4346)
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Built-in Box Chart Themes
(ORG-7916)
How to: With Box chart graph window active, open Tools:Theme Organizer. We provide some common box chart themes. User can apply it to quickly change box chart. |
How to
The Sample OPJ includes 6 sample graphs (4 in "1. Grouped Box Plot and Axis Ticks Table" folder, and 1 for both
"2. Box Plot Position By Variables" and "3. Box Width By Variable" folders) to show the remarkable improvements
in box chart
How to make the basic form of the grouped box plot
- Active Book5 in "1. Grouped Box Plot and Axis Ticks Table" folder, highlight column E through column J,
select "Plot: Statistics: Grouped Box Charts - Raw Data" from Origin menu - In the opened dialog, apply the settings as image below and click OK button to create a graph
How to Customize the Table-liked Tick Labels
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How to customize to make Graph1
How to: Graph1 illustrate 3 improvements of the Box Chart in 9.1 |
How to customize to make Graph2
How to: Graph2 illustrate 3 improvements of the Box Chart in 9.1 |
How to customize to make Graph3
How to: Graph3 illustrate 4 improvements of the Box Chart in 9.1 |
How to customize to make Graph4
How to: Graph4 illustrate 3 improvements of the Box Chart in 9.1 |
How to customize to make Graph5
How to: Graph5 illustrate 2 improvements of the Box Chart in 9.1 |
How to customize to make Graph6
How to: Graph illustrate 2 improvements of the Box Chart in 9.1 |
Graph6 illustrates the following two improvements with box chart in 9.1:
1) Box width of multiple box plots can be defined by the parameter in a column label row. --> Plot Details dialog, Box tab
2) Draw data on top of boxes --> Plot Details dialog, Box tab
3) Values of the box and whiskers can be added to label the box plot --> Plot Details dialog, Box tab
==Steps==
1> Active the worksheet "BoxData" in the folder, highlight column B through column D, select "Plot: Statistics: Box Chart" from Origin menu
Then we are going to customize the box plots
1> Double click on the plot to open the Plot Details dialog
2> Select Group tab, apply settings as below
* Border Color>Increment = None
3> Select Pattern tab, apply settings as below
* Border group, >Color = Blue
* >Border Style = Solid, * > Border Width = 2
* Fill group, * Color = Custom (Red:156, Green: 190, Blue: 254)
4> Select Box tab, apply settings as below
* Type = Box + Data Overlap, * Select Box Width by Parameter, * Box Width (%) = Width, * Select Outliers check box
* Select Outliers in Line check box, * Select Box Labels check box, * Select Whisker Labels check box
5> Select Data tab, apply settings as below
* Data Width (%) = 10
6>Select Symbol tab, apply settings as below
* Size = 5, * Shape = 7 (Cross(x))
7> Click Apply button to apply the settings
8> Select Layer1 in the left panel, select Background tab, apply settings as below
* Color = Custom (Red:177, Green: 237, Blue: 254)
Then we are going to customize the axes
1> Double click on the left axis to open the Axis dialog.
2> Choose X Axis>Grids node in the left panel
* Additional Lines branch
* > Select Opposite check box
3> Select "Y Axis: Scale" node in the left panel, apply settings as below
* From = 510, * To = 2750, * Major Ticks group, Increment = 250, *Minor Ticks group, Count = 0
4> Select "Y Axis: Grids" in the left panel, apply settings as below
* Major Grid Lines group
* > Select Show check box, * > Color = LT Gray, * > Style = Dot
* Additional Lines branch
* > Select Opposite check box
5> Click OK the apply the settings and close dialog