?-Change data series range as data is entered?
I have a chart which shows a prediction curve and an actual curve. The prediction curve runs out until the end of a project. The actual curve is populated as data is entered. I will be generating a number of these charts from a datatable. I would like to plot the prediction curve for the duration of the project (easy). I would then like to plot the actual curve with only the existing data and not have the line drop to the x-axis at the end. Can I put a formula in the data series "x values" field? I hope that my description makes sense..... Thanks, Carl -- isofuncurves ------------------------------------------------------------------------ isofuncurves's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30749 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504189 |
?-Change data series range as data is entered?
Hi,
Sounds like you need to use a dynamic named range for the chart data source. Here are a collection of webpages on the subject. http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Dynamics.html http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/ne...rts/index.html http://www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme/E...ps/Dynamic.htm Cheers Andy isofuncurves wrote: I have a chart which shows a prediction curve and an actual curve. The prediction curve runs out until the end of a project. The actual curve is populated as data is entered. I will be generating a number of these charts from a datatable. I would like to plot the prediction curve for the duration of the project (easy). I would then like to plot the actual curve with only the existing data and not have the line drop to the x-axis at the end. Can I put a formula in the data series "x values" field? I hope that my description makes sense..... Thanks, Carl -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
?-Change data series range as data is entered?
Andy, Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. I do have one ploblem with the solution though. My data table contains formulas to generate the chart data. So CounA() is not working for me. Each cell, inclulding the "empty ones" contains a formula: I am defining my series by: =OFFSET('CIP CMG'!$G$3,0,0,COUNTA('CIP CMG'!$G:$G)-1) =OFFSET('CIP CMG'!$I$3,0,0,COUNTA('CIP CMG'!$I:$I)) =SERIES('CIP CMG'!$H$3,Metrics.xls'!CIP_Date,Metrics.xls'!Sum_T arget_Start,2) The data for the named ranges is not entered manually. It is generated by a formula. =IF(G21<=TODAY(),COUNTIF(C$2:C$91,"<"&$G21),"") I assume COUNTA does not work because the cells are non-empty. Any ideas how to make this work with formulas in the cells? thanks, Carl. -- isofuncurves ------------------------------------------------------------------------ isofuncurves's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30749 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504189 |
?-Change data series range as data is entered?
Have you tried COUNT() instead of COUNTA()?
isofuncurves wrote: Andy, Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. I do have one ploblem with the solution though. My data table contains formulas to generate the chart data. So CounA() is not working for me. Each cell, inclulding the "empty ones" contains a formula: I am defining my series by: =OFFSET('CIP CMG'!$G$3,0,0,COUNTA('CIP CMG'!$G:$G)-1) =OFFSET('CIP CMG'!$I$3,0,0,COUNTA('CIP CMG'!$I:$I)) =SERIES('CIP CMG'!$H$3,Metrics.xls'!CIP_Date,Metrics.xls'!Sum _Target_Start,2) The data for the named ranges is not entered manually. It is generated by a formula. =IF(G21<=TODAY(),COUNTIF(C$2:C$91,"<"&$G21),"" ) I assume COUNTA does not work because the cells are non-empty. Any ideas how to make this work with formulas in the cells? thanks, Carl. -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
?-Change data series range as data is entered?
I thought of using countif() since all will be numeric integers 0. I haven't tried it yet as I'm scrambling to put together a presentation... Thanks! Carl -- isofuncurves ------------------------------------------------------------------------ isofuncurves's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30749 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=504189 |
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