# Plot one column against another

Shape / inspect

A variant of [Chart the data](https://meridian.online/operations/chart-the-data).

Draw a scatter plot of two numeric columns, or a matrix of scatter plots over several.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/chart-the-data/plot-one-column-against-another>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet; it would live in Brightfield's view. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#chart-the-data)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Alteryx Designer: [`Scatterplot`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/data-investigation/scatterplot-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Scatter Matrix (legacy)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*YX40YWLEeGVZNZzY?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Scatter Plot`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*IBA30RAnRifRiKCv?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Scatter Plot (JavaScript) (legacy)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*HnJl14W4MjyvH1Zk?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Scatter Plot (legacy)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*xg4kORa5IVFVfpPN?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Scatter Plot Matrix`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*Fi5uu0S6la3DzEKF?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- OpenRefine: [`Scatterplot facet`](https://openrefine.org/docs/manual/facets#scatterplot-facet) (read 2026-09-27)
- VisiData: [`plot-column`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/graph.py#L377) (read 2026-09-23)
- VisiData: [`plot-column-ext`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/features/graph_seaborn.py#L87) (read 2026-09-23)
- VisiData: [`plot-ext`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/features/graph_seaborn.py#L89) (read 2026-09-23)
- VisiData: [`plot-numerics`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/graph.py#L378) (read 2026-09-23)
- VisiData: [`plot-numerics-ext`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/features/graph_seaborn.py#L88) (read 2026-09-23)
- VisiData: [`plot-source-selected`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/graph.py#L379) (read 2026-09-23)