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combining 3D with lines
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I have a lot of data that I need to chart, however I am trying to avoid it looking too messy. I have 15 business units which have 2 pieces of data to be compared for each week. I thought that a 3D graph would do it but it still looks messy, and everytime I try to add a line as the 2nd piece of data the graph reverts back to a 2D format. Can anyone suggest a better way of graphing this? Cheers Soph |
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Hi,
You can not combine chart types when using 3d styles. What exactly is messy when you use a combination cluster column and line? Cheers Andy soph wrote: Hi I have a lot of data that I need to chart, however I am trying to avoid it looking too messy. I have 15 business units which have 2 pieces of data to be compared for each week. I thought that a 3D graph would do it but it still looks messy, and everytime I try to add a line as the 2nd piece of data the graph reverts back to a 2D format. Can anyone suggest a better way of graphing this? Cheers Soph -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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Hi Andy
Becuase there are 15 groups that each have 2 sets of data (one is number, the other is %) for each week, over several weeks the graph becomes hard to read - there are so many lines and columns that matching the right column to line becomes time consuming...I would really like to be able to attach the % info the the correct column but it isn't looking right! "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, You can not combine chart types when using 3d styles. What exactly is messy when you use a combination cluster column and line? Cheers Andy soph wrote: Hi I have a lot of data that I need to chart, however I am trying to avoid it looking too messy. I have 15 business units which have 2 pieces of data to be compared for each week. I thought that a 3D graph would do it but it still looks messy, and everytime I try to add a line as the 2nd piece of data the graph reverts back to a 2D format. Can anyone suggest a better way of graphing this? Cheers Soph -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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Hi,
If I have your chart right, 30 series (15 numbers + 15 %s) for multiple categories (weeks) then yes your chart does look messy ;) I also assume the 15 lines points are in the middle of each column cluster per week instead of the middle of each associated number column. To fix the alignment you would need to use xy-scatter instead of line and give each line x values to offset from center and align with correct column. But even with the alignment sort the chart will still look messy. Have a look at Kelly O'Day's panel charts, which may give you some inspiration. http://www.processtrends.com/toc_panel_charts.htm Cheers Andy soph wrote: Hi Andy Becuase there are 15 groups that each have 2 sets of data (one is number, the other is %) for each week, over several weeks the graph becomes hard to read - there are so many lines and columns that matching the right column to line becomes time consuming...I would really like to be able to attach the % info the the correct column but it isn't looking right! "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, You can not combine chart types when using 3d styles. What exactly is messy when you use a combination cluster column and line? Cheers Andy soph wrote: Hi I have a lot of data that I need to chart, however I am trying to avoid it looking too messy. I have 15 business units which have 2 pieces of data to be compared for each week. I thought that a 3D graph would do it but it still looks messy, and everytime I try to add a line as the 2nd piece of data the graph reverts back to a 2D format. Can anyone suggest a better way of graphing this? Cheers Soph -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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