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The "Source Data" menu item is greyed out for my pie chart. Is there any way
to confirm the source of the data that is driving the pie chart? I would
rahter not utilize a "trial-and-error" method.

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Select the chart and click on one of the wedges. In the formula bar (above
the column labels), there is a formula which tells where the data came from.
It looks like this:

=SERIES(Sheet1!$B$1,Sheet1!$A$2:$A$6,Sheet1!$B$2:$ B$6,1)

where the four arguments refer to the series name, the X values (category
labels), the Y values, and the plot order.

More on the series formula:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsH...esFormula.html

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The "Source Data" menu item is greyed out for my pie chart. Is there any
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to confirm the source of the data that is driving the pie chart? I would
rahter not utilize a "trial-and-error" method.

Thanks



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