Data Limits for SAS Visual Analytics Explorer

Some of the visualizations in SAS Visual Analytics Explorer (the explorer) have limits to the number of data values that they can display. The limit values are affected by the Visualization data threshold setting in the Preferences window. For more information about the Preferences window, see Specifying Your Preferences for the Explorer.
The following table displays the data limits for visualizations in the explorer:
Data Limits for the Explorer
Visualization Type
Variation
Behavior when Limit Is Exceeded
Default Threshold
Minimum Threshold
Maximum Threshold
Table
—
Paging is applied to the table.
10,000
1,000
100,000
Crosstab
—
An error message appears.
41,000
9,500
50,000
Bar Chart
Not grouped or latticed.
The bar chart shows a subset that contains the first or last ranked values.
3,000
810
3,625
Grouped or latticed.
An error message appears.
3,000
810
3,625
Line Chart
Single numeric or datetime category in the Category role.
The line chart shows a subset that contains the first or last ranked value.
10,000
5,630
11,250
Single string category in the Category role.
4,000
1,380
4,750
No string categories in the Category role, grouped or latticed.
An error message appears.
10,000
5,630
11,250
One or more string categories in the Category role, grouped or latticed.
4,000
1,380
4,750
Scatter Plot
Two measures, not grouped.
The scatter plot is converted to a heat map.
40,000
9,375
48,750
Two measures, grouped.
An error message appears.
40,000
9,375
48,750
Three or more measures, not grouped.
The scatter plot is converted to a correlation matrix.
80,000 / number of measures
18,750 / number of measures
97,500 / number of measures
Three or more measures, grouped.
An error message appears.
80,000 / number of measures
18,750 / number of measures
97,500 / number of measures
Bubble Plot
No categories.
The bubble plot is converted to a heat map.
25,000
7,500
30,000
Grouped.
The bubble plot shows the top or bottom value by size.
500
150
600
Latticed.
An error message appears.
1,050
4,900
50,000
Grouped and latticed.
500
150
600
Animated.
50,000
15,000
60,000
Network Plot
—
An error message appears
8000
100
10000
1,000 nodes, 1,000 links
Histogram
—
—
None
None
None
Box Plot
—
An error message appears.
2,900 boxes
800 boxes
3,500 boxes
Heat Map
No categories.
—
None
None
None
One or more categories.
An error message appears.
3,000
1,250
3,500
Geo Map
Bubble overlay
The bubble overlay is converted to a coordinate overlay.
5,000
1,500
6,000
Region overlay
The bubble overlay is converted to a coordinate overlay.
5,000
1,500
6,000
Coordinate overlay
An error message appears.
82,000
10,000
100,000
Treemap
No additional levels.
The treemap shows a subset that contains the first or last ranked value.
4,900
1,050
6,000
One or more additional levels.
The number of additional levels is reduced to 0. If the threshold is still exceeded, then the treemap shows a subset that contains the first or last ranked value.
4,900
1,050
6,000
Correlation Matrix
—
60 measures
Decision Tree
Number of nodes.
An error message appears.
180
75
200
Number of target values.
The decision tree displays truncated data.
50
30
50
Number of predictor values.
An error message appears.
4300
1500
5000
Word Cloud
—
The word cloud displays the top words by frequency, by measure value, or by topic weight.
100
100
100
In addition to the data thresholds that are set by the Preferences window, there are server data limits that can be set by the system administrator. For information about the server data limits, see the topic “Manage High-Cardinality Data” in the SAS Visual Analytics: Administration Guide.
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