When data is sent from the retrieve panel to the plotter using the "Output to" button, the title of the dataset will appear in the list at the top of the plot panel (this list can be hidden with the "Show Datasets" checkbox).

After selecting a dataset the user needs to indicate what kind of plot they want to do, pseudocolor, vector, xy or histogram. Pick an item from the "Plot Type" drop-down list to do this.

When a given dataset is selected from this list the "Variables" sub-tab below allows the user to indicate which variable to plot and how to configure the axes as well as other options. Here the user has indicated that the variable "dsp_band_1" should be the variable plotted and the axes should be scaled by the vectors "lat" and "lon". If the data is in the format of a grid the ODC can automatically configure the axes in many cases.