Creating graph from values in multiple tabs within workbook
I am trying to produce a simple line graph from values in worksheets within
a workbook. Worksheet 01/01/07 Share price A £5 Worksheet 01/01/07 Share price B £2 Worksheet 01/02/07 share price A £4 Worksheet 01/02/07 share price B £2.50 I thought that you could hold the ctrl key down and select the data from each cell in the worksheet but I have obviously got that wrong. As you can see from above I am looking to initially create 2 lines over a say a year to monitor the values of a number of different share prices. Can someone point me in the direction of an idiot guide of how to do this. Many thanks Roger |
Creating graph from values in multiple tabs within workbook
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
roger lewis said: I am trying to produce a simple line graph from values in worksheets within a workbook. I thought that you could hold the ctrl key down and select the data from each cell in the worksheet but I have obviously got that wrong. Don't try to take values straight out of the workbooks and straight into a chart. You're only making life unnecessarily hard for yourself. Take values from the workbooks and put them into a range in one summary workbook and build the chart there. A B 01/01/07 £5 £2 01/02/07 £4 £2.50 -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
Creating graph from values in multiple tabs within workbook
Ok Del, many thanks for your reply. I will collate the info onto one page
and chart from that. Perhaps I was trying to be too clever. Regards Roger "Del Cotter" wrote in message ... On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting, roger lewis said: I am trying to produce a simple line graph from values in worksheets within a workbook. I thought that you could hold the ctrl key down and select the data from each cell in the worksheet but I have obviously got that wrong. Don't try to take values straight out of the workbooks and straight into a chart. You're only making life unnecessarily hard for yourself. Take values from the workbooks and put them into a range in one summary workbook and build the chart there. A B 01/01/07 £5 £2 01/02/07 £4 £2.50 -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
Creating graph from values in multiple tabs within workbook
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
roger lewis said: "Del Cotter" wrote in message I am trying to produce a simple line graph from values in worksheets within a workbook. I thought that you could hold the ctrl key down and select the data from each cell in the worksheet but I have obviously got that wrong. Don't try to take values straight out of the workbooks and straight into a chart. You're only making life unnecessarily hard for yourself. Take values from the workbooks and put them into a range in one summary workbook and build the chart there. Ok Del, many thanks for your reply. I will collate the info onto one page and chart from that. Perhaps I was trying to be too clever. There are still opportunities for automating the process. Have a look at the INDIRECT() function, and see if you can use "foo"&"bar" create a text string that evaluates to a particular cell in each workbook you are building from. You might find you can create a column of workbook names and a row of cell references, and build the block of chart data from that. -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
Creating graph from values in multiple tabs within workbook
This page has an example:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsH...iffSheets.html - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Del Cotter" wrote in message ... On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting, roger lewis said: "Del Cotter" wrote in message I am trying to produce a simple line graph from values in worksheets within a workbook. I thought that you could hold the ctrl key down and select the data from each cell in the worksheet but I have obviously got that wrong. Don't try to take values straight out of the workbooks and straight into a chart. You're only making life unnecessarily hard for yourself. Take values from the workbooks and put them into a range in one summary workbook and build the chart there. Ok Del, many thanks for your reply. I will collate the info onto one page and chart from that. Perhaps I was trying to be too clever. There are still opportunities for automating the process. Have a look at the INDIRECT() function, and see if you can use "foo"&"bar" create a text string that evaluates to a particular cell in each workbook you are building from. You might find you can create a column of workbook names and a row of cell references, and build the block of chart data from that. -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
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