Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first column are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the 255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the 255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text values as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 = B, 3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the 255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Then use a LINE chart.
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text values
as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 = B,
3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in
Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category
data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first
column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the
Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the
labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create
an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a
series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the
255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Right. That is exactly how I do it now. See my solution (2) in my original
post.
But I run into the Series limit problem because in order to get a scatter
look from a line chart, you have to treat each row as a series. That's
non-optimal. I know there has to be a way to do it programmatically with a
scatter plot -- I mean add-ins have been made to allow you to do it manually.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Then use a LINE chart.
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text values
as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 = B,
3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in
Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category
data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first
column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the
Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the
labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create
an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a
series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the
255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

You can use easily use a custom axes (aka dummy axis series) that will
display the A, B, C labels that you are trying to place on the X Axis.

Here's a link to an overview of custom axes for XY charts.

http://processtrends.com/pg_charts_custom_axis.htm

I have several examples: day of year, flexible log, dotplot (Y axis with
alpha labels).

Jon Peltier, Tushar Mehta and Andy Pope also have pages on dummy axis
series.

Kelly

http://processtrends.com


"Bernard Liengme" wrote in message
...
Then use a LINE chart.
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text
values as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 =
B, 3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in
Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category
data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first
column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the
Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the
labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text
labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to
create an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a
series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the
255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into
the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts.
Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Insert a column which provides numerical equivalents (e.g., 1, 2, 3 for A,
B, C). Start with a column chart with this data:

A 0
B 0
C 0

This gives you the labels A, B, C across the X axis. Now add your data

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

as a new series, and change it to an XY chart. Then force it back onto the
primary axis. 1 will align with A, 2 with B, etc.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Refresher" wrote in message
...
You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text values
as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 = B,
3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in
Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category
data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first
column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the
Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the
labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create
an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a
series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the
255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Jon,
Thanks for the reply.
Could you go into a little more detail? I am trying to do this manually in
Excel. I easily created the column chart and got the A, B, C on the X-Axis,
but when I tried to add a new series (Series 2), and select the "real" data
to be part of that, I got an error that said "The reference is not valid.
References for titles, values, or sizes must be single cell, row or column".

What am I missing?

Thanks a lot.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Insert a column which provides numerical equivalents (e.g., 1, 2, 3 for A,
B, C). Start with a column chart with this data:

A 0
B 0
C 0

This gives you the labels A, B, C across the X axis. Now add your data

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

as a new series, and change it to an XY chart. Then force it back onto the
primary axis. 1 will align with A, 2 with B, etc.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Refresher" wrote in message
...
You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text values
as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 = B,
3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in
Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category
data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first
column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the
Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the
labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to create
an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a
series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the
255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts. Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Start with the column chart. Copy the data for the XY series data (both
columns), select the chart, go to Edit menu Paste Special, and add the
data as a new series, categories in first column. This will temporarily mess
up the chart, but don't worry. Select the added series, go to Chart menu
Chart Type, and select an XY chart type. Excel puts the XY series onto the
secondary axis; double click the XY series, and on the Axis tab, select
Primary.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Jon,
Thanks for the reply.
Could you go into a little more detail? I am trying to do this manually in
Excel. I easily created the column chart and got the A, B, C on the
X-Axis,
but when I tried to add a new series (Series 2), and select the "real"
data
to be part of that, I got an error that said "The reference is not valid.
References for titles, values, or sizes must be single cell, row or
column".

What am I missing?

Thanks a lot.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Insert a column which provides numerical equivalents (e.g., 1, 2, 3 for
A,
B, C). Start with a column chart with this data:

A 0
B 0
C 0

This gives you the labels A, B, C across the X axis. Now add your data

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

as a new series, and change it to an XY chart. Then force it back onto
the
primary axis. 1 will align with A, 2 with B, etc.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Refresher" wrote in message
...
You can create a XY Scatter with that data; it just treats the text
values
as
a series and assumes a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... type of X-Axis.

What I want is to have the text actually be the labels of the X-Axis.

Say I had

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 1
3 0
3 5

You can easily create an XY Scatter out of that. Now pretend 1 = A, 2 =
B,
3
= C....that's what I want.

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Assuming your data is JUST as you show it, there is no way to make an
XY
chart of this,
an XY chart needs pairs of numeric data (like the graphs you made in
Grade 9
algebra - if you are North American) You have what is called "category
data"
for you x-values.
I think you need a Line chart
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove caps from email

"Refresher" wrote in message
...
Hello,
Let's say I have data like this:

A 1
A 2
A 3
B 4
B 2
C 1
C 5
C 0

I want to create an XY scatter plot where the values in the first
column
are
the X-Axis and the values in the second column are values for the
Y-Axis.

Right now, I can only get numeric labels for the X-Axis. I want the
labels
to be text, namely A, B and C

How can I do this *programmatically* in VB.NET or C#? I know there
are
Excel
tool add-ins that allow this to be done manually, but I am doing
some
automation.

My only 2, non-optimal, solutions thus far a
1. To hide the numeric labels and manually try to place the text
labels
via
text boxes using the size of the chart and other funky things to
create
an
algorithm. Very ugly
2. To use a line chart, not show the lines and treat each row as a
series.
This works well until I get over 255 data points then I run into the
255
series limit in Excel 2003 (and not fixed in 2007). Then I get into
the
situation where I have to create multiple worksheets and charts.
Again,
better than (1), but still ugly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.