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Default Excel cahrt do not want plotting of empty cells

Hi,

Sounds like you want the data point removed completely if it is NA.
As I said the NA only suppresses the data marker.

Easiest way to remove the data point from the chart is to hide the row. You
can use auto filter to do this.

Cheers
Andy

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On Jul 11, 8:44 pm, "Ed Ferrero" wrote:
Hi Andy,

I have sometimes felt that this should be labelled as a bug in Excel.
Column
charts correctly leave gaps, but line and scatter charts do not. As you
say,
only the markers are not plotted, but the lines are still there.

A possible workaround (which works only in Excel 2007) is to use a 3d line
chart with angles and perspective set to zero. This correctly leaves a gap
in the middle, and looks pretty close to a 2d line chart.

Ed Ferrerowww.edferrero.com



Hi,


What exactly does 'not working' mean? What type of chart?


The use of NA() in a line chart will only suppress the displaying of a
data marker. The line will be interpolated between real data points.
http://www.andypope.info/charts/brokenlines.htm


Cheers
Andy
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Hi Andy,

I am trying to create a column graph.
I have made my formula to return NA() rather then a "" value if the
result is 0.
However, even though I am using NA() which supposedly shoul not plot
on a graph the data range is still plotting as 0.

Would you be able to help me with this, as I am trying to create a
dynamic set of charts and it is difficult to always manually select
the correct data ranges.

Thanks for your help!!