Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column graph and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic. The scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration works, but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way to do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select the scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column graph and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic. The scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration works, but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way to do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

In Excel 2003 and earlier, you can even enter your scale parameters in date
or time formats, and Excel will accept them. For some reason, the designers
of the Excel 2007 interface did not include this nice usability feature.

There is no way to do this "nicely" and "easily".

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


"FloMM2" wrote in message
...
sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select the
scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column graph and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic. The
scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration works,
but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer
numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way to
do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

Your steps seems clear, but using Excel 2007 I can't follow them. Could you
try to state it differently? I appreciate your help on this.
wab713

"FloMM2" wrote:

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select the scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column graph and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic. The scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration works, but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way to do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

There's not a "scale" tab, but the first tab on the Format Axis dialog has
the axis scale stuff on it.

For 2:15:00 you'll have to enter 0.09375, which is 2.25 hours divided by 24
hours. Rather than calculating this, type it into a cell, then change the
cell's number format to "general".

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


"wab713" wrote in message
...
Your steps seems clear, but using Excel 2007 I can't follow them. Could
you
try to state it differently? I appreciate your help on this.
wab713

"FloMM2" wrote:

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select the
scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column graph
and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic. The
scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration works,
but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale
shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer
numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way to
do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

Ok, I see what you mean about the calculation. The problem is, 02:15:00 will
not always be what I need for the max scale. In the morning it will need to
be lower, and as the day goes on and they make more and more calls it will
need to be higher to make everything fit. So I still want it to be on Auto
but somehow just make it use nicer numbers in the scale.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

There's not a "scale" tab, but the first tab on the Format Axis dialog has
the axis scale stuff on it.

For 2:15:00 you'll have to enter 0.09375, which is 2.25 hours divided by 24
hours. Rather than calculating this, type it into a cell, then change the
cell's number format to "general".

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


"wab713" wrote in message
...
Your steps seems clear, but using Excel 2007 I can't follow them. Could
you
try to state it differently? I appreciate your help on this.
wab713

"FloMM2" wrote:

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select the
scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column graph
and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic. The
scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration works,
but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale
shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer
numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way to
do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

Yes, well, this is Excel. There's no easy way to automate the settings, and
get nice values for those settings.

If you could write a few formulas to provide reasonable settings, look into
Tushar Mehta's Auto Chart Manager (http://tushar-mehta.com), which links
axis scale limits to worksheet cells.

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


"sb1920alk" wrote in message
...
Ok, I see what you mean about the calculation. The problem is, 02:15:00
will
not always be what I need for the max scale. In the morning it will need
to
be lower, and as the day goes on and they make more and more calls it will
need to be higher to make everything fit. So I still want it to be on Auto
but somehow just make it use nicer numbers in the scale.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

There's not a "scale" tab, but the first tab on the Format Axis dialog
has
the axis scale stuff on it.

For 2:15:00 you'll have to enter 0.09375, which is 2.25 hours divided by
24
hours. Rather than calculating this, type it into a cell, then change the
cell's number format to "general".

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


"wab713" wrote in message
...
Your steps seems clear, but using Excel 2007 I can't follow them.
Could
you
try to state it differently? I appreciate your help on this.
wab713

"FloMM2" wrote:

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select
the
scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column
graph
and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic.
The
scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration
works,
but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the
longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale
shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer
numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way
to
do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

So let me see if I'm getting this right. Set up a helper cell somewhere out
of the way on the sheet. This cell should look at the data maybe with some
nested IF statments to say if the max of the data is less than 10 minutes, 10
minutes, if the max of the data is less than 20 minutes, 20 minutes, ...30,
45, 60, 1.5hrs, 2 hours...8+

Then reference this cell in the chart for the scale.

Is that close?

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Yes, well, this is Excel. There's no easy way to automate the settings, and
get nice values for those settings.

If you could write a few formulas to provide reasonable settings, look into
Tushar Mehta's Auto Chart Manager (http://tushar-mehta.com), which links
axis scale limits to worksheet cells.

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


"sb1920alk" wrote in message
...
Ok, I see what you mean about the calculation. The problem is, 02:15:00
will
not always be what I need for the max scale. In the morning it will need
to
be lower, and as the day goes on and they make more and more calls it will
need to be higher to make everything fit. So I still want it to be on Auto
but somehow just make it use nicer numbers in the scale.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

There's not a "scale" tab, but the first tab on the Format Axis dialog
has
the axis scale stuff on it.

For 2:15:00 you'll have to enter 0.09375, which is 2.25 hours divided by
24
hours. Rather than calculating this, type it into a cell, then change the
cell's number format to "general".

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


"wab713" wrote in message
...
Your steps seems clear, but using Excel 2007 I can't follow them.
Could
you
try to state it differently? I appreciate your help on this.
wab713

"FloMM2" wrote:

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select
the
scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column
graph
and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is automatic.
The
scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration
works,
but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the
longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the scale
shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use nicer
numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy way
to
do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Getting a useful Auto Scale
 

Or a lookup table instead of nested if formulas.

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


"sb1920alk" wrote in message
...
So let me see if I'm getting this right. Set up a helper cell somewhere
out
of the way on the sheet. This cell should look at the data maybe with some
nested IF statments to say if the max of the data is less than 10 minutes,
10
minutes, if the max of the data is less than 20 minutes, 20 minutes,
...30,
45, 60, 1.5hrs, 2 hours...8+

Then reference this cell in the chart for the scale.

Is that close?

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Yes, well, this is Excel. There's no easy way to automate the settings,
and
get nice values for those settings.

If you could write a few formulas to provide reasonable settings, look
into
Tushar Mehta's Auto Chart Manager (http://tushar-mehta.com), which links
axis scale limits to worksheet cells.

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


"sb1920alk" wrote in message
...
Ok, I see what you mean about the calculation. The problem is, 02:15:00
will
not always be what I need for the max scale. In the morning it will
need
to
be lower, and as the day goes on and they make more and more calls it
will
need to be higher to make everything fit. So I still want it to be on
Auto
but somehow just make it use nicer numbers in the scale.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

There's not a "scale" tab, but the first tab on the Format Axis dialog
has
the axis scale stuff on it.

For 2:15:00 you'll have to enter 0.09375, which is 2.25 hours divided
by
24
hours. Rather than calculating this, type it into a cell, then change
the
cell's number format to "general".

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


"wab713" wrote in message
...
Your steps seems clear, but using Excel 2007 I can't follow them.
Could
you
try to state it differently? I appreciate your help on this.
wab713

"FloMM2" wrote:

sb1920alk,
On the chart, select the scale (left mouse click), this will select
the
scale.
Then right mouse click on the selected scale.
Select "Format Axis", then select the "Scale" tab.
Experiment with it until you like what you see.
hth

"sb1920alk" wrote:

I have a chart showing number of calls per employee as a column
graph
and
duration of calls as a line graph together. The scale is
automatic.
The
scale
for the number of calls works great. The scale for the duration
works,
but it
doesn't use nice numbers. For example, if my employee with the
longest
duration is currently at 01:55:43 (hh:mm:ss), the top of the
scale
shows
02:09:36. I want to keep it on automatic, but I want it to use
nicer
numbers,
like 02:00:00 or 02:15:00 instead of 02:09:36. Is there any easy
way
to
do
this? If not, is there any way to do this?

Thanks,