I am trying to create a chart with 4 dimensions. In effect, I need a 3-D
column chart where the vertical bars are "stacked" colmns. How can I do this?

Evanr

Have you heard about Tufte's "small multiples" or Cleveland's "trellis"
displays? These approaches create a series of small plots instead of trying
to put everything into a single overly complex chart. I would stay away form
3D charts in Excel.

Trellis is a trademarked by Insightful software. I use the term "panel
charts" to reflect trellis and small multiple charts in Excel. I have
examples of horizontal and vertical panel charts at this link which may
help you see another way to visualize your data.

http://processtrends.com/toc_panel_charts.htm

Jon Peltier has an example of stacked charts which is similar to my vertical
panel chart example.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/axes.html#StakCht

Andy Pope has a two-way mini-plot example.
http://www.andypope.info/charts/miniplot_xy.htm

These should get you started.

...Kelly




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I am trying to create a chart with 4 dimensions. In effect, I need a 3-D
column chart where the vertical bars are "stacked" colmns. How can I do
this?