# collectionnode properties #

![Collection node icon](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsd/nodes/scripting_guide/clementine/images/collectionnodeicon.png)The Collection node shows the distribution of values for one numeric field relative to the values of another\. (It creates graphs that are similar to histograms\.) It's useful for illustrating a variable or field whose values change over time\. Using 3\-D graphing, you can also include a symbolic axis displaying distributions by category\.

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collectionnode properties  

Table 1\. collectionnode properties

| `collectionnode` properties | Data type                   | Property description                                                   |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `over_field`                | *field*                     |                                                                        |
| `over_label_auto`           | *flag*                      |                                                                        |
| `over_label`                | *string*                    |                                                                        |
| `collect_field`             | *field*                     |                                                                        |
| `collect_label_auto`        | *flag*                      |                                                                        |
| `collect_label`             | *string*                    |                                                                        |
| `three_D`                   | *flag*                      |                                                                        |
| `by_field`                  | *field*                     |                                                                        |
| `by_label_auto`             | *flag*                      |                                                                        |
| `by_label`                  | *string*                    |                                                                        |
| `operation`                 | `Sum``Mean``Min``Max``SDev` |                                                                        |
| `color_field`               | *string*                    |                                                                        |
| `panel_field`               | *string*                    |                                                                        |
| `animation_field`           | *string*                    |                                                                        |
| `range_mode`                | `Automatic``UserDefined`    |                                                                        |
| `range_min`                 | *number*                    |                                                                        |
| `range_max`                 | *number*                    |                                                                        |
| `bins`                      | `ByNumber``ByWidth`         |                                                                        |
| `num_bins`                  | *number*                    |                                                                        |
| `bin_width`                 | *number*                    |                                                                        |
| `use_grid`                  | *flag*                      |                                                                        |
| `graph_background`          | *color*                     | Standard graph colors are described at the beginning of this section\. |
| `page_background`           | *color*                     | Standard graph colors are described at the beginning of this section\. |

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