# Cant use Z-Axis

**URL:** <https://community.exploratory.io/t/cant-use-z-axis/477>\
**Category:** HowTo\
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://community.exploratory.io/t/cant-use-z-axis/477 "2017-03-24T10:11:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brady\_Hills](https://community.exploratory.io/user_avatar/community.exploratory.io/brady_hills/32/277_2.png) [@Brady\_Hills](https://community.exploratory.io/u/Brady_Hills)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://community.exploratory.io/t/cant-use-z-axis/477/1 "2017-03-24T10:11:50Z")

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I just installed exploratory desktop and am trying to follow the tutorial with my own dataset ([https://blog.exploratory.io/demystifying-text-analytics-part-4-dimensionality-reduction-and-clustering-in-r-cbc8c90e0b14#.jn4634nvc](https://blog.exploratory.io/demystifying-text-analytics-part-4-dimensionality-reduction-and-clustering-in-r-cbc8c90e0b14#.jn4634nvc))

everything appears as it should. I have 52 rows spread across the 3 columns/dimensions; however, when I got to ‘scatter plot’ it only allows me to plot across the x and y axis…z axis is greyed out.

is 3 dimensionally plotting no longer supported (maybe because I just installed it as a trial and dont have a paid subscription yet) or more likely, am I just daft and missing something obvious?

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**Author:** ![Kan\_Nishida](https://community.exploratory.io/user_avatar/community.exploratory.io/kan_nishida/32/14_2.png) [@Kan\_Nishida](https://community.exploratory.io/u/Kan_Nishida)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.exploratory.io/t/cant-use-z-axis/477/2 "2017-04-12T18:45:04Z")

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Hi Brady,

The 3rd dimension for Scatter chart is supported only for Mac, not Windows… ☹

-Kan