When using Cognos 10 report studio creating a bar chart results in Overlapping Bars. How can i seperate them so they look like this (i.e. stacked vertically)
You could use a combination chart but by default your series will overlap. One workaround is to reduce the size of the bar width of your secondary axis.
I would also be interested to know how to overcome the default overlapping of clustered and stacked combination
My original Excel bar chart looks like:
I want to add another series for 2014 data, as shown below:
I want the 2014 series to be scatter points overlaid on the original bar chart. However, when I add the 2014 series to the chart and change its chart type to Scatter, I obtain the following chart:
How can I change the bar chart back to its varying palette of colors as it is in the original chart, and change the 'Current' axis label to its original format which lists the different categories?
Ideally I'd want a time-efficient solution as I'll have to repeat this process with a number of similar charts.
I'm not sure if this is possible to do (quickly, elegantly, and/or without VBA) with multiple chart types. A few possible alternatives:
If you are only showing the difference from 2014, is a chart even necessary? Would a table be a better visualization?
Since it appears you are trying to plot the difference, why not plot this as a line graph?
Better yet, just plot the difference.
Start with a graph of one data series:
Add a second data series using Chart Tools|Design|Select Data:
Click the Add button and add data (series values) for a second series. Your chart should look like:
In the chart select the second data series. Then use the Chart Tools|Design|Change Chart Type tools to change the chart to a Line Chart.
From here on in it's formatting.
Select the second data series and do Chart Tools|Format|Format Selection to set the line color to no line. You can do any other formatting at this time.
Select the first data series and select each bar one at a time. Then use the Shape Fill button to customize each bar color:
Hope that helps!
I have 2 sets of Data from the same time period mapped to bar charts like this:
Is there a way to show both these charts on the same graph side-by-side ?
You can plot one set on the primary y axis and and the other on the secondary y axis. You can assign the option to do this by opening the format box for the series.
I have created a curve in Excel 2013.
At the Y-Axis I am showing some values that show the probability for survival for each 100.000 citizen. Now my problem is, that I want to also show it in percentage, at the right side of the Y-Axis.
How do I do this?
Thanks in advance.
Ps. I have added an the curve as an image, so that you can see how it looks at the moment.
Add a secondary (Y) axis:
Create a combo chart with a secondary axis
When the numbers in a chart you created vary widely from data series to data series, or when you have mixed types of data (for example, price and volume), you can plot one or more data series on a secondary vertical (value) axis. The scale of the secondary vertical axis shows the values for the associated data series. A secondary axis works well in a chart that shows a combination of column and line charts.
Combo chart with secondary axis
In Microsoft Excel 2013, you can quickly show a chart like the one above by changing your chart to a combo chart.
Click anywhere in the chart you want to change to a combo chart to show the Chart Tools.
Chart Tools
Click Design > Change Chart Type.
Type group on the Design tab
On the All Charts tab, choose Combo, and then pick the Clustered Column - Line on Secondary Axis chart.
Combo chart with secondary axis on All Charts tab
Under Choose the chart type and axis for your data series, check the Secondary Axis box for each data series you want to plot on the secondary axis, and then change their chart type to Line.
Make sure that all other data series are shown as Clustered Column.
To clarify what is plotted on each of the vertical axes, you can add axis titles.
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If I understood you correctly, you only need a right axis that shows a percentage scale, with, e.g., the tick mark for 100% at the same level as the tick mark for 100000 on the left axis.
You do not need any additional curves.
Then, you need to:
Create some dummy data. You may use two cells, which will give you a series with a single data point. Use 10 (X range) and -1 (Y range). Depending on the options you selected for your y axis, you may have to set the Minimum value fixed at 0 (you can do this now or later).
Add it to the plot.
Assign it to a secondary y-axis. Right-click on the series, Format Data Series -> Series Options -> Secondary Axis. Or, if you find it difficult to select it this way, select the chart, Go to Format, select the series from the pull-down menu on the top left, and Format Selection.
Format the right axis scale to give you a correct matching with the left scale. Right click on the secondary y axis, set the Minimum fixed at 0, the Maximum fixed at 1.2 (to match the figure you posted), and the number format as Percentage. PS: there will be a tick label "120%" on the right axis. That will not look good for what you are plotting. It will be best to set the Maximum of the left axis to 115000 (say), and the right axis to 1.15 then.
I have a financial data serie I plot as Candlestick chart: I would like to add other serie(s) as LineChart(s).
The example from javafx example - samples - Adv candlestick chart, shows a LineChart added as average as last column in data array.
I wonder if there are other ways to add LineCharts since I need to add other LineChart series to an already plotted Candlestick chart.
Thanks