hi,

date in following rows/columns

date | location | dept1 | dept2 | dept3 | dept4 | dept5
3/1/09 | A | 45.5 | 22.9 | 99.5 | BLANK | 50.0
3/1/09 | B | 45.5 | 52.9 | 99.5 | 50.0 | 50.0
3/1/09 | C | 45.5 | 122.9 | 99.5 | 100.56 | 50.0
3/1/09 | D | 45.5 | 22.9 | BLANK | BLANK | 50.0
..
..
..

there will always be 4 lines for each day. i need to create 4 different
charts where data from the charts use same source range but each chart
displays data for each dept. for example, chart1 needs to display dept1
trend by date for each location. each location would of course be a
seperate line.

i don't see how to do this with the chart. if i had a seperate range for
each for each location than that would be easy since i would just create 4
different series, one for each location. but mine data is in one table.

thanks in advance.