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I wonder if someone can help me. I have created a table that tracks the
profitability of a particular project and Im using the table as a source for
a 100% Stacked Column graph.

The source data for the graph is in three rows:

€¢ B21:M21 - contain the names of the months from Nov €“ Oct
€¢ B22:M22 - money taken in
€¢ B24:M24 - profit

B23:M23 contains the money paid to supplier each month. I need this in the
table but I dont need to show it in the graph. I just want to show profit as
a proportion of what we bill to customers on that project.

My problem is that the graph seems to show incorrect information. Of the
total billed in November, 33% was left over as profit: the table clearly
shows around 25% profit.

Can anyone tell me what Im doing wrong?

Cheers

Karl

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Do you want a Stacked Column chart, not a 100% Stacked Column chart? In
fact, it makes more sense to use clustered columns, because profit isn't
added to (stacked on) revenue.

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I wonder if someone can help me. I have created a table that tracks the
profitability of a particular project and I'm using the table as a source
for
a 100% Stacked Column graph.

The source data for the graph is in three rows:

. B21:M21 - contain the names of the months from Nov - Oct
. B22:M22 - money taken in
. B24:M24 - profit

B23:M23 contains the money paid to supplier each month. I need this in the
table but I don't need to show it in the graph. I just want to show profit
as
a proportion of what we bill to customers on that project.

My problem is that the graph seems to show incorrect information. Of the
total billed in November, 33% was left over as profit: the table clearly
shows around 25% profit.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Cheers

Karl



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