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Two color fill between two lines
Greetings everyone.
To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! |
Two color fill between two lines
Hi,
Try this blog post. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...t-if-negative/ Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Two color fill between two lines
Andy,
Thanks. I saw this post, but I'm still struggling with the creation of the chart. In this post, the "inversion point" is always zero or the x-axis. In my chart, I need the inversion point to be dynamic. Have you seen anything like that when trolling around? "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Try this blog post. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...t-if-negative/ Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Two color fill between two lines
Have you seen this?
http://www.andypope.info/ngs/ng21.htm If you want you can email an example data set with annotation of what should be shaded where and I will take a look see. Let us know which xl version. andy AT andypope DOT info Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Andy, Thanks. I saw this post, but I'm still struggling with the creation of the chart. In this post, the "inversion point" is always zero or the x-axis. In my chart, I need the inversion point to be dynamic. Have you seen anything like that when trolling around? "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Try this blog post. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...t-if-negative/ Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Two color fill between two lines
Andy,
I did see that post, and I walked through the examples. That did spark an idea for another little issue I'm having. So, thanks for that. However, I was hoping to avoid creating something in an XY format. It still feels like it's possible given the right formulaic approach. I will email you a dummy file, and thanks in advance for the help. Regards, Eric "Andy Pope" wrote: Have you seen this? http://www.andypope.info/ngs/ng21.htm If you want you can email an example data set with annotation of what should be shaded where and I will take a look see. Let us know which xl version. andy AT andypope DOT info Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Andy, Thanks. I saw this post, but I'm still struggling with the creation of the chart. In this post, the "inversion point" is always zero or the x-axis. In my chart, I need the inversion point to be dynamic. Have you seen anything like that when trolling around? "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Try this blog post. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...t-if-negative/ Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Two color fill between two lines
Hi,
The problem is the step between each point is not detailed enough to allow the area fill to change direction between 2 points. This results in area colours outside of the lines when they cross at a point other than the center of 2 points. So you need to calculate the data points and intersection points for the line. http://www.andypope.info/charts/intersection.htm Then create area charts based on this more accurate information. This will mean using the numeric axis rather than categorical one you currently have. Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "chi_town_eric" wrote in message ... Andy, I did see that post, and I walked through the examples. That did spark an idea for another little issue I'm having. So, thanks for that. However, I was hoping to avoid creating something in an XY format. It still feels like it's possible given the right formulaic approach. I will email you a dummy file, and thanks in advance for the help. Regards, Eric "Andy Pope" wrote: Have you seen this? http://www.andypope.info/ngs/ng21.htm If you want you can email an example data set with annotation of what should be shaded where and I will take a look see. Let us know which xl version. andy AT andypope DOT info Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Andy, Thanks. I saw this post, but I'm still struggling with the creation of the chart. In this post, the "inversion point" is always zero or the x-axis. In my chart, I need the inversion point to be dynamic. Have you seen anything like that when trolling around? "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Try this blog post. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...t-if-negative/ Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Two color fill between two lines
Since you're using a line chart, you can use up/down bars. It's a little
different than filling the area between two lines, but it's easy to implement, and it doesn't indicate that the change is continuous between reported values. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "chi_town_eric" wrote in message ... Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! |
Two color fill between two lines
Jon,
Thanks for weighing in. Since you mentioned the two-color approach in one of your articles, I thought maybe you had something already published out there somewhere. I did think about the +/- error bars, and that may be the path forward in the spirit of keeping things simple. Thanks again for the suggestions. Regards, Eric "Jon Peltier" wrote: Since you're using a line chart, you can use up/down bars. It's a little different than filling the area between two lines, but it's easy to implement, and it doesn't indicate that the change is continuous between reported values. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "chi_town_eric" wrote in message ... Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! |
Two color fill between two lines
Andy,
Thanks for taking a look at the spreadsheet. I thought maybe there was a trick out there that I just couldn't figure out myself. Thanks again for taking a look. Regards, Eric "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, The problem is the step between each point is not detailed enough to allow the area fill to change direction between 2 points. This results in area colours outside of the lines when they cross at a point other than the center of 2 points. So you need to calculate the data points and intersection points for the line. http://www.andypope.info/charts/intersection.htm Then create area charts based on this more accurate information. This will mean using the numeric axis rather than categorical one you currently have. Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "chi_town_eric" wrote in message ... Andy, I did see that post, and I walked through the examples. That did spark an idea for another little issue I'm having. So, thanks for that. However, I was hoping to avoid creating something in an XY format. It still feels like it's possible given the right formulaic approach. I will email you a dummy file, and thanks in advance for the help. Regards, Eric "Andy Pope" wrote: Have you seen this? http://www.andypope.info/ngs/ng21.htm If you want you can email an example data set with annotation of what should be shaded where and I will take a look see. Let us know which xl version. andy AT andypope DOT info Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Andy, Thanks. I saw this post, but I'm still struggling with the creation of the chart. In this post, the "inversion point" is always zero or the x-axis. In my chart, I need the inversion point to be dynamic. Have you seen anything like that when trolling around? "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Try this blog post. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...t-if-negative/ Cheers Andy chi_town_eric wrote: Greetings everyone. To be brief, I have a two line series which compares monthly prices to a constant benchmark (January 2008) in US dollars and Euros. I have been asked to shade the areas between the lines where the change in US dollars is greater than the change in Euros (in blue) and the other way around (in red). I have been playing around with area charts using a time series X-axis rather than monthly values, but the graphs aren't quite right. I found some posts online from Jon Peltier and from Andy Pope, but they haven't offered an answer to this specific question. In the following article, Jon mentions two color shading for areas between lines, but I didn't see a link to a more specific example: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=590 If anyone has any insights, I would appreciate it! -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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