I am fairly new at this so sorry if this is an obvious answer.

I have created a spreadsheet with the following columns: Payee, Date and
Amount Paid. It is simple, functional and working fine.

I want to be able to create a chart so that i can easily view the amount
paid by each Payee, and the percentage that each Payee represents the total
amount of revenue.

My problem is this: when i set up the chart, i am using a pie graph, and
if Joe Smith plumbing is listed 10 different times(all different dates of
course), the pie graph will show Joe Smith plumbing 10 separate times.

What is what to do is create a chart where each payee is combined under one
header, with a summary of the total amount paid by that payee. This is
similar to what u can view in Quicken or Money.

Does this make sense?
Thanks for everyone's help........AL