how do i make a chart using text information?
I'm trying to make a pie chart using words as the information to compute =
rather than numbers - is this possible to do? like for example if i = wanted to=20 calculate the percentage of french students, spanish students, and = english=20 students in a class of 30, and i set up my column like this: STUDENT'S NATIONALITY french french english spanish english spanish spanish spanish french ..... would it be possible to have excel make a pie chart that shows the=20 proportion of french to english to spanish students in the class? or do = i have=20 to set up my information differently? -danielle |
Hi Danielle
Insert a row at the head of your data and call it Nationality. Mark the whole block of data and select Data=Pivot Table and finish Drag the field Nationality to the Row Area and also to the Data Area selecting Count of Nationality. Slect Pivot Chart and the data will be expressed as a pie chart as you require. For more detailed instructions on setting up Pivot Tables and Charts take a look at the examples at Debra Dalgleish's site http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html and in particular follow the link to http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotstart.htm -- Regards Roger Govier "danielle" wrote in message ... I'm trying to make a pie chart using words as the information to compute rather than numbers - is this possible to do? like for example if i wanted to calculate the percentage of french students, spanish students, and english students in a class of 30, and i set up my column like this: STUDENT'S NATIONALITY french french english spanish english spanish spanish spanish french ..... would it be possible to have excel make a pie chart that shows the proportion of french to english to spanish students in the class? or do i have to set up my information differently? -danielle |
Hi
Define a dynamic range p.e. Nationality, as: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$2,,,COUNTIF(Sheet1!$A:$A,"<")-1,1) (I assume in A1 is column header, so actual data start from A2) Create another table on another or on same (as in my example) sheet, p.e. F1="Nationality"; G1="Number"; F2:F4 enter "french", "english" and "spanish"; Into G2 enter the formula =COUNTIF(Nationality;F2) and copy it to range G2:G4; Create your pie chart based on this new table. Arvi Laanemets "danielle" wrote in message ... I'm trying to make a pie chart using words as the information to compute rather than numbers - is this possible to do? like for example if i wanted to calculate the percentage of french students, spanish students, and english students in a class of 30, and i set up my column like this: STUDENT'S NATIONALITY french french english spanish english spanish spanish spanish french ..... would it be possible to have excel make a pie chart that shows the proportion of french to english to spanish students in the class? or do i have to set up my information differently? -danielle |
Arvi,
I give up ... What does p.e. mean? -- Regards, RD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit ! -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message ... Hi Define a dynamic range p.e. Nationality, as: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$2,,,COUNTIF(Sheet1!$A:$A,"<")-1,1) (I assume in A1 is column header, so actual data start from A2) Create another table on another or on same (as in my example) sheet, p.e. F1="Nationality"; G1="Number"; F2:F4 enter "french", "english" and "spanish"; Into G2 enter the formula =COUNTIF(Nationality;F2) and copy it to range G2:G4; Create your pie chart based on this new table. Arvi Laanemets "danielle" wrote in message ... I'm trying to make a pie chart using words as the information to compute rather than numbers - is this possible to do? like for example if i wanted to calculate the percentage of french students, spanish students, and english students in a class of 30, and i set up my column like this: STUDENT'S NATIONALITY french french english spanish english spanish spanish spanish french ..... would it be possible to have excel make a pie chart that shows the proportion of french to english to spanish students in the class? or do i have to set up my information differently? -danielle |
"RagDyeR" wrote in message ... Arvi, I give up ... What does p.e. mean? per example Arvi Laanemets |
Now why couldn't I figure that out?<g
-- Regards, RD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit ! -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message ... "RagDyeR" wrote in message ... Arvi, I give up ... What does p.e. mean? per example Arvi Laanemets |
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