I am kind of a newbie with Excel, so asking this question here. I have already checked some videos but the examples do not fit my need, so I am wondering if this is even possible.
I have a line chart with 10 data points, and for each data point I am currently using a built-in dot marker. The data values can go from 1 to 5, which corresponds to a net promoting score where 1 is "extremely satisfied" and 5 is "extremely satisfied": I would like to have an emoticon to represent each value, e.g. sad face for 1 and happy face for 5, and have this in a systematic way, so that every chart I generate will have these custom markers displayed depending on the value.
I would go with:
having a separate sheet with a table containing the values and the related images (not sure if this is even possible)
creating some sort of magic formula to link the data value to the image
apply the magic formula to the charts
Is this approach correct? Is this even possible?
Thank you.
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I have a table of data similar to this:
I want to create a bar chart like this:
But I get this:
or, when I add major gridlines, I get this:
However, I want a quick way to visually differentiate between the different quarters (Q1... Q4) by shading them with a different background color each or marking a border around them.
I don't want to export the chart as an image and edit it because:
1. This is a weekly report, it would be very repetitive and error prone.
2. It would be time consuming when I need to do it for 100s of records.
3. My manager prefers the data and the chart to be sent as part of the report. Hence, changing it to other formats is not possible.
Is it possible to create such a graph using Excel 2010? If so, how? I don't mind writing a macro for this, but am currently lost on the approach.
If you want to do something like this:
It's a bit tricky, but can be done. First you must add a fourth data series so you have the data like this:
Then you have to put the three "real" data series in the secondary axis. You must set the maximum values both in secondary and primary axes to the same value (30 in my example). Next, you delete the secondary axis. And finally, in the fourth series settings you let it overlap and put the separation to zero. Sorry, I don't know the exact english name of the settings, as my Excel is not in english.
I started working with Tableau and found out how to do waterfall charts (Gantt-charts, rolling sum for y-axis and negative value for length of bar. See here: tableau tutorial waterfall charts)
Now my question would be if there is a possibility to split the color by some category? To show what I'm talking about I set up some waterfalls with excel powerpoint. The first one without a split by a category and the second one with a split by category.
I would appreciate any help
It is as simple as dragging the right field to Color, and adjusting the table calculation.
If it's a simple running sum (for the positioning of the bar), you need to go edit the table calculation, select Compute using Advanced..., then drag all fields to addressing. Then you need to sort your data by the master field (in your case the one that has Coffee, Coke,...) maximum (ascending or descending, doesn't matter).
This way you guarantee that the running sum is being applied to one category at a time (at not one color at a time or something like that).
It's really important to understand the concept of table calculations so you can understand what's going on, how Tableau is calculating stuff. Read this http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/pro/online/en-us/help.htm#calculations_tablecalculations_understanding_addressing.html
And if you actually understand what you're doing, it's easier to find a solution. For instance, this hack of Gantt Chart to make a waterfall. What goes on rows the chart will understand at starting point of the data, and what goes on size is, well, the size of the chart. You put negative values cause you want the bar to go down.
That being said, dragging a field to color won't mess up with the size, but it will mess up with the running sum used to determine the starting points. How to solve it? make it calculate all the colors together. How to make it? Understand table calculations and reach my solution.
This is the simple approach, if your database or fields have some peculiarity, this might not work perfectly, and you'll need to explain so I can try to understand how to solve
I have come across this several times and I was wondering if it is possible at all.
Let's say I have 3 columns, one with numerical values, one with time values and a third column with text (1-3 words). I then create a graph with the numerical values (y axis) and the time (x axis). When I then hover over the individual data points on the graph it shows me their numerical values. Is there a way to also show the text associated with that value?
To put it in context, I am plotting noise values for a day and would love to hover over the graph, in particular the peaks and then have a text appear that tells me what the noise was related too, what noise source (e.g. airplane, truck etc).
Is this possible? I was thinking of maybe plotting a second axis for the comments and maybe just plot them all at the same y value but then I am still left with the question on how to display the text comment?
Any ideas?
Cheers
Sandra
Tushar Mehta has an add-in for that here
It has been tested for Excel 97 to 2002, which are all pretty old versions.
The charting engine has changed completely fromexcel-2007, and the menus have gone, so chances are that this tool may no longer work.
I have not seen anything like this done in more recent Excel versions. Probably because it is not an easy task to achieve.
Please dont eat me because of this question :)
I have some data in excel and I would like to make a graphical representation of those data. Structure of my data:
persons ID : from 1 to 485 to every person, there is one parameter like average jumping distance and another parameter (like height) and finally there is a class to which every person belongs to (1, 2 or 3).
To assign persons to classes I have used k-means algorithm.
Now I would like to make a graph of this result. How can I do it please in excel (or by using another tool)?
Thank you
I would use a scatter (XY chart with markers and no lines). Plot average jumping distance on one axis, height on the second axis. Then for the classes I would separate all the data into 3 series and use different colors for each series. I would adjust the marker size to see which one works best with the data.
Here is a fast example to give you an idea how to it would look like. Its not as easy as just clicking once to insert the chart from the data though:
I am facing this difficulty :
I want to indicate where my user is in a range of data in a chart, as well as where the average is.
That's not too difficult, that part I figured out already :)
However, if I have several charts in 1 report, my "user bar'" sometimes gets a different color, according whether it's below or above average.
This is very confusing for my users, because they can't think, let's say, "the yellow bar is always me".
The legend always has to be read, and that's not so user-friendly.
I'll illustrate the problem in an attachment.
I know how to have the same series color, but within this series, I want 1 particular color to always represent the value of the average, another to represent my user, etc.
Is this possible ?!
Thanks a lot in advance.
IMAGE CAN BE FOUND HERE : http://www.kava.be/cms_bldn/jaspercharts.jpg
EDIT: I'm working with the ChartCustomizer now :
BarRenderer renderer = (BarRenderer) chart.getCategoryPlot().getRenderer();
renderer.setSeriesPaint(0, Color.blue);
renderer.setSeriesPaint(1, Color.yellow);
renderer.setSeriesPaint(2, Color.green);
renderer.setSeriesPaint(3, Color.red);
Still, this handles the series in the order they arrive from the resultset.
What I'm looking for is how I can use the series expression (as entered in 'series expression' field in the categorie series dialogue), instead of fixed indexes like 0-3.
I would suggest checking whether the sequence of your series is same in both the chart's chart data, plus color series in chart properties is also or not.
If it is same than it should print same.