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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly labels
I am putting together charts that displays weekly data for last year and this
year but I want the x-axis only to display months while the weekly data points appear in the plot area for that month and I am having difficulty doing it... does anyone have any suggestions? |
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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly labels
First column: dates for the week (Sunday or Monday dates, or whatever you
lie to use). Second column: values being tracked. Create a LINE chart. Excel should apply a date-scale axis. Format the date scale axis so it uses days as its base unit, but 1 month as its major unit. You probably also want to set the axis minimum to the first of the first month, so the first of each month gets a tick mark and label. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "smcgee01" wrote in message ... I am putting together charts that displays weekly data for last year and this year but I want the x-axis only to display months while the weekly data points appear in the plot area for that month and I am having difficulty doing it... does anyone have any suggestions? |
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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly la
Thanks Jon. A couple more questions...
The tick mark labels are in m/dd/yy format. Is there a way to change it to just month? Additionally, is there a way to shade the plot area to identify the different months of the year? "Jon Peltier" wrote: First column: dates for the week (Sunday or Monday dates, or whatever you lie to use). Second column: values being tracked. Create a LINE chart. Excel should apply a date-scale axis. Format the date scale axis so it uses days as its base unit, but 1 month as its major unit. You probably also want to set the axis minimum to the first of the first month, so the first of each month gets a tick mark and label. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "smcgee01" wrote in message ... I am putting together charts that displays weekly data for last year and this year but I want the x-axis only to display months while the weekly data points appear in the plot area for that month and I am having difficulty doing it... does anyone have any suggestions? |
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"smcgee01" wrote in message ... Thanks Jon. A couple more questions... The tick mark labels are in m/dd/yy format. Is there a way to change it to just month? http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html Additionally, is there a way to shade the plot area to identify the different months of the year? http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...ds-in-a-chart/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ |
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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly la
John,
Thanks for the response. I had seen your post about the shading and had already tried that. It is giving me 4 (or 5 depending on the month) individual lines, not one full block delineating that one month. Is there a way to have it appear as one full block? "Jon Peltier" wrote: "smcgee01" wrote in message ... Thanks Jon. A couple more questions... The tick mark labels are in m/dd/yy format. Is there a way to change it to just month? http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html Additionally, is there a way to shade the plot area to identify the different months of the year? http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...ds-in-a-chart/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ |
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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly la
Double click on one of the columns to bring up the Format Series dialog. On
the Options tab, set Gap Width to zero. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "smcgee01" wrote in message ... John, Thanks for the response. I had seen your post about the shading and had already tried that. It is giving me 4 (or 5 depending on the month) individual lines, not one full block delineating that one month. Is there a way to have it appear as one full block? "Jon Peltier" wrote: "smcgee01" wrote in message ... Thanks Jon. A couple more questions... The tick mark labels are in m/dd/yy format. Is there a way to change it to just month? http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html Additionally, is there a way to shade the plot area to identify the different months of the year? http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...ds-in-a-chart/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ |
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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly la
Again, thanks for the suggestion. I had already had the gap width set at 0,
I did try to change the scale to months and the bands did identify the months but the data points were then stack on top of each other (I need to have the lines appear to slope). Any suggestions? "Jon Peltier" wrote: Double click on one of the columns to bring up the Format Series dialog. On the Options tab, set Gap Width to zero. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "smcgee01" wrote in message ... John, Thanks for the response. I had seen your post about the shading and had already tried that. It is giving me 4 (or 5 depending on the month) individual lines, not one full block delineating that one month. Is there a way to have it appear as one full block? "Jon Peltier" wrote: "smcgee01" wrote in message ... Thanks Jon. A couple more questions... The tick mark labels are in m/dd/yy format. Is there a way to change it to just month? http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html Additionally, is there a way to shade the plot area to identify the different months of the year? http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...ds-in-a-chart/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ |
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Chart displaying weekly data group in months without weekly la
Oh yeah. You need to include every day in your data. The date scale axis
leaves a space for each day, so even with gap width = zero, there are six slots in between weekly columns. Plot the columns on the secondary axis, and set the X scale the same as in the primary axis, then hide the secondary axis. Set the *base units* of the axis scale to days, and the *major units* to 1 month. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "smcgee01" wrote in message ... Again, thanks for the suggestion. I had already had the gap width set at 0, I did try to change the scale to months and the bands did identify the months but the data points were then stack on top of each other (I need to have the lines appear to slope). Any suggestions? "Jon Peltier" wrote: Double click on one of the columns to bring up the Format Series dialog. On the Options tab, set Gap Width to zero. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "smcgee01" wrote in message ... John, Thanks for the response. I had seen your post about the shading and had already tried that. It is giving me 4 (or 5 depending on the month) individual lines, not one full block delineating that one month. Is there a way to have it appear as one full block? "Jon Peltier" wrote: "smcgee01" wrote in message ... Thanks Jon. A couple more questions... The tick mark labels are in m/dd/yy format. Is there a way to change it to just month? http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html Additionally, is there a way to shade the plot area to identify the different months of the year? http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...ds-in-a-chart/ - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ |
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