Data label with text "N/A"
Hello,
I've a simple column chart plotting % of daily on time delivery. There are days that I don't have any delivery so I insert "N/A" to the relevant cells. However, when I inserted data labels to the chart, those values with "N/A" were shown as 0%. Without hiding the rows with "N/A", what other ways can I do to have data labels not showing "N/A" as 0%? Many thanks in advance... -- exalan |
Data label with text "N/A"
A line or XY chart skips a point when it encounters #N/A (note the # prefix,
which makes it an official Excel error). No point, no data label. N/A is treated as text, so it is plotted as a point at zero, and it will have a legend. In column or bar charts, #N/A is treated the same as text, so the best bet is to leave the cell blank. However, you can use a little number format trick. Show the labels, then give the labels a custom number format of 0%;;; There are four settings, separated by semicolons. The first, for positive numbers, uses 0%. The other three, for negatives, zero, and text, use no format, so those values are not displayed. Note: if you use the official Excel error #N/A, this error will appear regardless of number format. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "exalan" wrote in message ... Hello, I've a simple column chart plotting % of daily on time delivery. There are days that I don't have any delivery so I insert "N/A" to the relevant cells. However, when I inserted data labels to the chart, those values with "N/A" were shown as 0%. Without hiding the rows with "N/A", what other ways can I do to have data labels not showing "N/A" as 0%? Many thanks in advance... -- exalan |
Data label with text "N/A"
Hello Lon
Many thanks for the advice. -- exalan "Jon Peltier" wrote: A line or XY chart skips a point when it encounters #N/A (note the # prefix, which makes it an official Excel error). No point, no data label. N/A is treated as text, so it is plotted as a point at zero, and it will have a legend. In column or bar charts, #N/A is treated the same as text, so the best bet is to leave the cell blank. However, you can use a little number format trick. Show the labels, then give the labels a custom number format of 0%;;; There are four settings, separated by semicolons. The first, for positive numbers, uses 0%. The other three, for negatives, zero, and text, use no format, so those values are not displayed. Note: if you use the official Excel error #N/A, this error will appear regardless of number format. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "exalan" wrote in message ... Hello, I've a simple column chart plotting % of daily on time delivery. There are days that I don't have any delivery so I insert "N/A" to the relevant cells. However, when I inserted data labels to the chart, those values with "N/A" were shown as 0%. Without hiding the rows with "N/A", what other ways can I do to have data labels not showing "N/A" as 0%? Many thanks in advance... -- exalan |
Data label with text "N/A"
On Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 5:45:26 PM UTC+1, Jon Peltier wrote:
A line or XY chart skips a point when it encounters #N/A (note the # prefix, which makes it an official Excel error). No point, no data label. N/A is treated as text, so it is plotted as a point at zero, and it will have a legend. In column or bar charts, #N/A is treated the same as text, so the best bet is to leave the cell blank. However, you can use a little number format trick. Show the labels, then give the labels a custom number format of 0%;;; There are four settings, separated by semicolons. The first, for positive numbers, uses 0%. The other three, for negatives, zero, and text, use no format, so those values are not displayed. Note: if you use the official Excel error #N/A, this error will appear regardless of number format. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "exalan" wrote in message ... Hello, I've a simple column chart plotting % of daily on time delivery. There are days that I don't have any delivery so I insert "N/A" to the relevant cells. However, when I inserted data labels to the chart, those values with "N/A" were shown as 0%. Without hiding the rows with "N/A", what other ways can I do to have data labels not showing "N/A" as 0%? Many thanks in advance... -- exalan Hello Jon, This little trick is not working for me. I've creaed many charts, on which on each this trick is working except for one. I changed the number format but still #NA is showing up on the chart. Thanks for your help (if possible) Greetings, Paul |
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