Working with Correlation Matrices

About Correlation Matrices

A correlation matrix displays the degree of correlation between multiple intersections of measures as a matrix of rectangular cells. Each cell in the matrix represents the intersection of two measures, and the color of the cell indicates the degree of correlation between those two measures.
You cannot create a correlation matrix directly. Instead, a correlation matrix is created when you assign high-cardinality data to a scatter plot matrix.
Note: If you reduce your data by using filters, the visualization type might change to a scatter plot matrix.

Specify Properties for a Correlation Matrix

On the Properties tab, you can specify the following options:
Name
specifies the name of the visualization.
Graph title
specifies the title that appears above the graph.
Note: The Graph title is disabled if you select Generate graph titles.
Generate graph titles
specifies that the graph title is generated automatically based on the data items in the visualization.
Show grid lines
displays grid lines for each tick on the plot axes.
Marker size
specifies the size of each marker.

Data Roles for a Correlation Matrix

The basic data role for a correlation matrix is the measures. You can assign any number of measures.
If you reduce the number of measures to two, then the visualization type changes to a heat map.