Charts: How can I get a date axis to include hours and minutes
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I am creating a chart monitoring (my dog's) breathing rate over time. I cannot check the rate at the same time each day so data entries are at different times of day. I have the date column in my spreadsheet in the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm When I go to make a simple line chart, if the horizontal axis is in date format, it only resolve the day part of the information, and so all my data for each day appears in the one horizontal place. I can set the axis as text type, and I can then see each data point ok - but it does not reflect the time element of my data. Please can you advise me how to get around this? many thanks John |
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Charts: How can I get a date axis to include hours and minutes
Have you tried an XY chart (with lines), instead of what Microsoft
confusingly called a line chart? -- David Biddulph "John McCombe" wrote in message ... Hi I am creating a chart monitoring (my dog's) breathing rate over time. I cannot check the rate at the same time each day so data entries are at different times of day. I have the date column in my spreadsheet in the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm When I go to make a simple line chart, if the horizontal axis is in date format, it only resolve the day part of the information, and so all my data for each day appears in the one horizontal place. I can set the axis as text type, and I can then see each data point ok - but it does not reflect the time element of my data. Please can you advise me how to get around this? many thanks John |
Charts: How can I get a date axis to include hours and minutes
Thanks David
that's it You're right, I was confused and thought that a line chart was an XY chart - but know better now! Thanks for your quick and accurate response - great help John "David Biddulph" wrote: Have you tried an XY chart (with lines), instead of what Microsoft confusingly called a line chart? -- David Biddulph "John McCombe" wrote in message ... Hi I am creating a chart monitoring (my dog's) breathing rate over time. I cannot check the rate at the same time each day so data entries are at different times of day. I have the date column in my spreadsheet in the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm When I go to make a simple line chart, if the horizontal axis is in date format, it only resolve the day part of the information, and so all my data for each day appears in the one horizontal place. I can set the axis as text type, and I can then see each data point ok - but it does not reflect the time element of my data. Please can you advise me how to get around this? many thanks John |
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