Pan and zoom in a scatter plot

Panning and zooming affect the time period used in a chart. For a scatter plot, this means that panning or zooming moves, enlarges or reduces the time period for which data is retrieved. This may result in more or fewer data points being available for display. Depending on the nature of the data, this may or may not change the visual appearance of the chart—unlike in a regular chart, where panning or zooming inevitably changes the display.

To reflect this, the panning commands in the Chart menu are called Pan Earlier and Pan Later in a scatter plot, as opposed to Pan Left and Pan Right in a regular trend. However, they still work the same way. The zooming options are identical. For more information, see Pan in the trend chart and Zooming.