Skip empty lines for drawing a chart - excel

I've got a table containing data and on the right are four columns aggregating a few of the lines resulting in new data. Having this the lines between aggregated data are empty and trying to chart that data results in gaps in the chart.
I want to chart only the aggregated data not the (empty) lines between. At the moment I've tried using #NA or NA() and properties in the select-data-dialog but nothing works. The only thing would be to deselect every empty line in the select-data-prop-window but there's of data and this would be too much work everytime new data comes.

A fairly simple approach is to use a PivotChart:
Select the data and Insert a PivotTable
Add Label and Data elements to the PivotTable
Summarize Data by Sum
Hide the Row Label that is blank or has #NV to exclude the rows without data
Select the PivotTable then go to the PivotTable Tools > Analyze tab
Click the PivotChart button then select chart type

A very simple but temporary solution, is to use an autofilter to hide the blank rows:
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