Some plots
might display data labels for each observation in the plot. If there
are a lot of observations, then the plot can become cluttered. You
can limit the display to those data labels that are important to the
analysis.
To display
or hide data labels:
-
Click
the data label icon
in the Graph toolbar.
-
Select
the observations for data label management as follows:
-
Click an observation to select
it. If you press CTRL and click an observation, you can toggle the
observation on and off. Pressing CTRL also enables you to select multiple
observations.
-
Click on the data label of an observation
to select it.
-
Drag a rectangle in the plot area.
All the observations in this area are selected. You can add more items
to the selection list by pressing CTRL and dragging a rectangle around
the additional observations.
-
Right-click
and select one of the following label options:
-
Show Only Selected shows labels only for those data points that are currently selected.
This option first turns off all the data labels and then displays
the labels only for the selected data points.
-
Show Selected shows labels for the data points that are selected. This option leaves unchanged the data labels for all other data points
that are not currently selected. For example, if you previously selected
data points and set them to show, with this option they remain selected.
-
Hide Selected hides labels for those data points that are selected.
-
Show All shows labels for all the data points.
-
Hide All hides labels for all the data points.
All items
in the selection list are displayed with the selection color. If the
selected item is in a scatter overlay and a marker is selected, then
the marker displays with the selection color. For a line overlay,
if the marker is not turned on, then a temporary circle is created
and displayed with the selection color.
The layout
of a plot refreshes when labels are turned off or on. If some labels
are located away from their data points, the labels move closer to
the data points if space is made available by turning off other labels.
