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Chart series (not starting at first year)
I currently have a chart series that ranges from 0 to 100 (thanks to Jon
Peltier) to reflect years. I can now add another series of data on top of that. But what I was wondering is how can I change my series so that I can show only the data for say year 20 to 40. I have tried changing 'a' to 20 and 'c' to 40 and it retrieves the correct data but puts the data over year 0 to 19. Can someone please tell me what I am missing? Cheers David --------------------------- Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlXYScatterSmoothNoMarkers ActiveChart.Location Whe=xlLocationAsObject, Name:="Spread Data" With ActiveChart .HasTitle = False .Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False .Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False End With With ActiveChart.Axes(xlCategory) .MinimumScale = 0 .MaximumScale = 100 .MajorUnit = 10 End With With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue) .MinimumScale = 0 End With 'add new data then delete legend a = 1 r = 6 With Worksheets("Spread Data") Set Title_Names1 = .Cells(r, 1) End With With ActiveChart .SeriesCollection.NewSeries .SeriesCollection(2).Name = Title_Names1 End With 'loop through data and make it update For c = 1 To 100 With Worksheets("Spread Data") Set Area_rng1 = Range(.Cells(r, 1 + a), .Cells(r, 2 + c)) End With With ActiveChart .SeriesCollection(2).values = Area_rng1 End With Next c |
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Chart series (not starting at first year)
David,
If Tools | Options | Chart - "Not plotted ( leave gaps)" is checked then 1. you can change your data for the non-plotted periods to zero or 2. switch to an alternate data source that has zeros for the non-plotted periods. Regards, Jim Cone San Francisco, CA "David Adamson" wrote in message ... I currently have a chart series that ranges from 0 to 100 (thanks to Jon Peltier) to reflect years. I can now add another series of data on top of that. But what I was wondering is how can I change my series so that I can show only the data for say year 20 to 40. I have tried changing 'a' to 20 and 'c' to 40 and it retrieves the correct data but puts the data over year 0 to 19. Can someone please tell me what I am missing? Cheers David Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlXYScatterSmoothNoMarkers ActiveChart.Location Whe=xlLocationAsObject, Name:="Spread Data" With ActiveChart .HasTitle = False .Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False .Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False End With With ActiveChart.Axes(xlCategory) .MinimumScale = 0 .MaximumScale = 100 .MajorUnit = 10 End With With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue) .MinimumScale = 0 End With 'add new data then delete legend a = 1 r = 6 With Worksheets("Spread Data") Set Title_Names1 = .Cells(r, 1) End With With ActiveChart .SeriesCollection.NewSeries .SeriesCollection(2).Name = Title_Names1 End With 'loop through data and make it update For c = 1 To 100 With Worksheets("Spread Data") Set Area_rng1 = Range(.Cells(r, 1 + a), .Cells(r, 2 + c)) End With With ActiveChart .SeriesCollection(2).values = Area_rng1 End With Next c |
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Chart series (not starting at first year)
Thanks for that Jim,
I'll give it a go when I get back into the office. I'll juts have to find a way to trigger it via code. If not I'll use the 'union' function and insert dummy variables. "Jim Cone" wrote in message ... David, If Tools | Options | Chart - "Not plotted ( leave gaps)" is checked then 1. you can change your data for the non-plotted periods to zero or 2. switch to an alternate data source that has zeros for the non-plotted periods. Regards, Jim Cone San Francisco, CA |
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Chart series (not starting at first year)
David,
I said use "zeros", I should have said use "blank cells". Regards, Jim Cone San Francisco, CA "Geeves" wrote in message u... Thanks for that Jim, I'll give it a go when I get back into the office. I'll juts have to find a way to trigger it via code. If not I'll use the 'union' function and insert dummy variables. "Jim Cone" wrote in message ... David, If Tools | Options | Chart - "Not plotted ( leave gaps)" is checked then 1. you can change your data for the non-plotted periods to zero or 2. switch to an alternate data source that has zeros for the non-plotted periods. Regards, Jim Cone San Francisco, CA |
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Chart series (not starting at first year)
David -
Each series in a line chart uses the same categories. So the first series uses (e.g.) A2:A101 for X and B2:B101 for Y. If you want to use C22:C41 for the second series' Y values, and have it plot at the same categories as B22:B41, you need to offset the first data point with twenty blank cells. This might mean doing some reconstruction in the worksheet, if you are trying to avoid plotting any data that might be present in C2:C21. The alternative is to make an XY Scatter chart. Now your second series can use A22:A41 and C22:C41 for its X and Y values. If the categories in A are actual year values, you can even keep series 1 as a line series, but add series 2 as an XY Scatter series. People get tangled up in Excel's use of Line and Scatter terminology. Many of the problems users have with Line charts and their X axes can be answered with the suggestion to use XY Scatter charts instead. Either type of series can be formatted the same, in terms of markers, lines, etc. The difference is in how the X data is treated: a Scatter chart treats these as actual numerical values, while a Line chart treats them as non-numerical categories (or as dates in the mislabeled time-scale category axis option). - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ David Adamson wrote: I currently have a chart series that ranges from 0 to 100 (thanks to Jon Peltier) to reflect years. I can now add another series of data on top of that. But what I was wondering is how can I change my series so that I can show only the data for say year 20 to 40. I have tried changing 'a' to 20 and 'c' to 40 and it retrieves the correct data but puts the data over year 0 to 19. Can someone please tell me what I am missing? Cheers David --------------------------- Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlXYScatterSmoothNoMarkers ActiveChart.Location Whe=xlLocationAsObject, Name:="Spread Data" With ActiveChart .HasTitle = False .Axes(xlCategory, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False .Axes(xlValue, xlPrimary).HasTitle = False End With With ActiveChart.Axes(xlCategory) .MinimumScale = 0 .MaximumScale = 100 .MajorUnit = 10 End With With ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue) .MinimumScale = 0 End With 'add new data then delete legend a = 1 r = 6 With Worksheets("Spread Data") Set Title_Names1 = .Cells(r, 1) End With With ActiveChart .SeriesCollection.NewSeries .SeriesCollection(2).Name = Title_Names1 End With 'loop through data and make it update For c = 1 To 100 With Worksheets("Spread Data") Set Area_rng1 = Range(.Cells(r, 1 + a), .Cells(r, 2 + c)) End With With ActiveChart .SeriesCollection(2).values = Area_rng1 End With Next c |
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Chart series (not starting at first year)
Jon,
Thanks for the tips. I'll have a good play with it and see what I can do "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... David - Each series in a line chart uses the same categories. So the first series uses (e.g.) A2:A101 for X and B2:B101 for Y. If you want to use C22:C41 for the second series' Y values, and have it plot at the same categories as B22:B41, you need to offset the first data point with twenty blank cells. This might mean doing some reconstruction in the worksheet, if you are trying to avoid plotting any data that might be present in C2:C21. The alternative is to make an XY Scatter chart. Now your second series can use A22:A41 and C22:C41 for its X and Y values. If the categories in A are actual year values, you can even keep series 1 as a line series, but add series 2 as an XY Scatter series. People get tangled up in Excel's use of Line and Scatter terminology. Many of the problems users have with Line charts and their X axes can be answered with the suggestion to use XY Scatter charts instead. Either type of series can be formatted the same, in terms of markers, lines, etc. The difference is in how the X data is treated: a Scatter chart treats these as actual numerical values, while a Line chart treats them as non-numerical categories (or as dates in the mislabeled time-scale category axis option). - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ |
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