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# Qualitative Symbolic Plot

If your Symbolic Pole Plot Data Type is QUALITATIVE, you may use the Allocated and Others list boxes to focus on data of interest. The following rules apply:

- Data in the Allocated list will appear on the Symbolic Pole Plot and in the Legend as individually labelled symbols.

- Data in the Others list will be plotted with the SAME symbol on the Pole Plot, and will appear as "Others" in the Legend.

- A maximum of 10 labels can appear in the Allocated list.

- There is no limit to the number of labels that can be appear in the Others list.

- The total number of symbols that can appear on a Symbolic Pole Plot is therefore 11 (10 Allocated + 1 Others).

- To move data between the Allocated and Others lists, first highlight the labels you wish to move with the mouse, and then use the left or right arrow buttons to move labels between lists.

- If your column contains more than 10 unique labels, the overflow will automatically be placed in the Others list. If you wish to Allocate data from the Others list, and the Allocated list is full, you will first have to REMOVE labels from the Allocated list, to make room for the labels you wish to Allocate.

- Note that the Allocated / Others lists are sorted alphabetically. Numeric data will NOT necessarily appear in numeric order (e.g. the numbers 2, 3, 200 would appear in the order 2, 200, 3).

- If there are blank entries in a column, these will be represented by the label "[no data]".