Do you need to create ranges, or do you just need a count of cells that
match your criteria? Perhaps you can set up a separate range where you
enter the criteria, then use formulas to calculate the counts.
Build the charts from that range.

gwhenning wrote:
I have a spreadsheet that is created from external data. I need to be able to
create a range for all cells matching certain criteria. Not all criteria will
occur every day, and there may be one or many cells containing the same
criteria. For example, Column A contains the Date, and column B contains the
part number. There may be one part number for a given day, or none. I need to
select all cells with part number 111, irregardless of date and create a
named range called 111. I will then create a graph for each named range in my
spreadsheet.


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