Hello everyone,

I have data with 5 variables for 10 countries, and I have made a
horizontal bar graph for each variable (so 5 graphs). This data is
linked to another page, and it is divided by variable within the sheet.
For example, the format is:

Country Variable 1
US ###
China ###
India ###
UK ###

Country Variable 2
US ###
China ###
India ###
UK ###

There is a macro that sorts each of this mini-tables, and then each
graph draws from its respective variable table. The same 10 countries
are in each table, but they are not in the same order, because they are
sorted from largest to smallest so that each horizontal bar graph is
sorted largest to smallest.

My question is, how can I make it so that each country has the same
color bar in each of the 5 graphs? For example, the US has a red bar in
each graph, regardless of its position. Is there a way to do this? I'm
no VBA expert, but is there some sort of conditional macro I can do
(any code someone has would be extremely helpful)? Is there an easier
way? Thanks!!


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one way to do it is to use a stacked bar with a different data set for each
country with Zeros for the other countries and the value for the specific
country of interest
when you set up the graph just set the color of the bar for each catagory as
wanted.

"anantathaker" wrote:


Hello everyone,

I have data with 5 variables for 10 countries, and I have made a
horizontal bar graph for each variable (so 5 graphs). This data is
linked to another page, and it is divided by variable within the sheet.
For example, the format is:

Country Variable 1
US ###
China ###
India ###
UK ###

Country Variable 2
US ###
China ###
India ###
UK ###

There is a macro that sorts each of this mini-tables, and then each
graph draws from its respective variable table. The same 10 countries
are in each table, but they are not in the same order, because they are
sorted from largest to smallest so that each horizontal bar graph is
sorted largest to smallest.

My question is, how can I make it so that each country has the same
color bar in each of the 5 graphs? For example, the US has a red bar in
each graph, regardless of its position. Is there a way to do this? I'm
no VBA expert, but is there some sort of conditional macro I can do
(any code someone has would be extremely helpful)? Is there an easier
way? Thanks!!


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anantathaker
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