{"id":795,"date":"2025-07-13T14:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/?p=795"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:14:01","slug":"how-to-draw-a-scatter-plot-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/how-to-draw-a-scatter-plot-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"How to draw a scatter plot matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong> shows QTLmax Workbench with the &#8220;Scatter Plot Matrix&#8221; tab selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-12-23-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-12-23-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-12-23-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-12-23-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-12-23-1536x885.png 1536w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-12-23.png 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Figure 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Scatter Plot Matrix&#8221; tab has many configuration options. If you don&#8217;t want to select each setting individually, simply click the <strong>[Load demo] button<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll see most of the settings are automatically configured (Figure 2). The input data format is a CSV (*.csv) file containing multiple phenotypic information. After replacing the demo data with your own, you can freely change the settings to your desired values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-06-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-06-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-06-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-06-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-06-1536x885.png 1536w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-06.png 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Figure 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will see the header values of the data you entered displayed in the <strong>Columns<\/strong> box. From here, select the trait you want to compare for correlation one by one. Then, click the <strong>[-&gt;] button<\/strong> to add the trait&#8217;s name to the <strong>Factor table<\/strong>. Once you&#8217;ve selected all traits, choose each trait within the Factor table and click the <strong>[Palette] button<\/strong>. From the pop-up palette, select your desired color. Repeat this process to select colors for all the chosen traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navigate to the second tab named <strong>Workspace 2<\/strong>. Here, you can choose whether to display the <strong>Main title<\/strong>. If you check the box to display it, enter the desired Main title value. Once all your settings are complete, click the <strong>[Visualize] button<\/strong> and you&#8217;ll see the Scatter Plot Matrix appear in the plot area on the right (Figure 3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-48-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-48-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-48-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-48-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-48-1536x885.png 1536w, https:\/\/open.qtlmax.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2026-06-12-16-13-48.png 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Figure 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figure 1 shows QTLmax Workbench with the &#8220;Scatter Plot Matrix&#8221; tab selected. (Figure 1) The &#8220;Scatter Plot Matrix&#8221; tab has many configuration options. If you don&#8217;t want to select each setting individually, simply click the [Load demo] button. You&#8217;ll see most of the settings are automatically configured (Figure 2). 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