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Default Making a graph with easily changed dates

Sean123 wrote:
My boss asked me to make a graph on one of his spreadsheets more user
friendly...so that you could put a start and end date in two ajacent cells
and the graph will automatically change to show the time between those dates.
I didn't think it was going to be too hard but now i'm completely
stumped...I've got the dates on the X-axis and 3 other lines that come from
data on another sheet...and i can't even get the X-axis to easily adjust to
two changeable dates (it will just show those two days rather than all the
days inbetween).....if anyone has any suggestions i'd greatly appreciate it.
thanks!


Hi Sean123,

First google "excel chart dynamic ranges".

If you aren't familiar with named ranges and OFFSET (and probably INDEX
and MATCH) be prepared to spend some time getting familiar with the tool
set.

I very briefly previewed a few google results and can tell you these
look like good places to start your research. Sure there are others as well.

http://www.contextures.com/xlNames02.html
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...098011033.aspx
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/ChartTips.htm

Once you have the technique down you can /really/ wow the boss by
placing dynamic controls on the chart itself.

I'm all about wowing the boss. Please post back if you get stuck!