simple scatter chart - line chart without lines

Sometimes you may just want to plot points rather than lines (or curves) on a chart.

A feature of the lines chart is that we can break the lines by sending a null or false as the payload, so we can break all the points into pieces by using this trick.

The simple way to do this is to use a trigger node to pass though the original message and then also send a boolean false a few milliseconds later.

You will also need to tick the enlarge points option in the line chart so that the points are visible.

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  • inject (x1)
  • trigger (x1)
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  • random (x1)
  • ui_chart (x1)
  • ui_group (x1)
  • ui_tab (x1)

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  • scatter
  • points
  • chart
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