In a nutshell, x-axis categories are text (survey location ID #s) and the y-axis is numeric (nutrient concentration value). There are no data for some of the survey locations so I want to exclude those particular stations from the graph.
The fixes I've seen are for small data sets but I'm subsetting from a larger dataset. There has to be a simpler way to fix this than copying and pasting the data every time I need to do a different graph.
Help!
I'm trying to duplicate this timeline graph seen in the picture. I understand I can make the shapes, fill in the color, and add text; however, I'm having a hard time creating the simple timeline on excel and powerpoint. In other words how do I create the evenly spaced 1 hour timeline seen in this image?
You could use a chart with all elements deleted except for the bottom axis.
You could also create a 3-row table, with the horizontal line being the border between rows 1 and 2. The numbers can be placed in row 3.
Have my data for my scatter graph setup as such
To generate this graph
Wish to have lines connecting the points in the seperate series however this only works when there is no gaps in the data between first and last point in series. How can I workaround this?
There's an option when you select the data sources to ignore empty and hidden cells
Choose to "connect data points with line" here, and I think it will do what you want.
My problem is as follows:
The user inputs two numbers between 2 and 25, these numbers are used to create a grid. Every point on the grid has (x,y) coordinates. Based on the amount of points the user chose, my excel sheet is filled up with up to 25x25 (x,y) coordinates.
Example: A 6x7 grid is chosen by the user, the table is filled with 42 (x,y) coordinates and all other values in the table are set to "".
Now I want to use a scatterplot with lines connecting each array to plot the data.
Problem 1: If I only select the 6x7 part of the table that has values in it and create the scatterplot the result is correct. Until the user specifies a different grid, for example 8x9, then the graph is obviously missing two rows and two columns of input data.
Problem 2: If I select the entire 25x25 part of the table, including all the "" values, the graph axes get messed up. The y-axis works properly, but the x-axis shows sequential values (0-7) instead of the x-coordinates.
Problem 3: If I replace all the "" values in the table to 0 or NaN and plot the entire table the axes are correct, but the lines between the scatter data get messed up.
Question:
Is there a way to automatically change the input data for the plot, or is there a way to correctly display the values on the x-axis if I select all the data?
Not sure this will work in your case, but it's worth a try, especially since no one's addressed your post in 3+ hours. I've had success with this approach: 1) charting the largest data set, 2) copying the resulting chart, and 3) trimming the data it draws from to produce all smaller data sets.
To get this to work takes a lot of thought in laying out that largest data set so that all the other plots follow as needed. To illustrate, I've somewhat mimicked your data and in the animated gif I show largest data set, plus 2 others produced by copying it. Then I demonstrate how to make the second one, including the rescaling required to make all plots scaled equally. Notice that I've arranged things so that only one set of x-values feeds all the series. If you can do this, it makes working with the Excel's interface much easier.
After wrestling with it all night I came to the following solution:
Instead of setting all the empty cells to "" or zero the cells should be be set to #N/A (not available). The graph properly ignores the #N/A cells exactly like I want it to and updates when values are entered into them.
I need a graph that has multiple columns and also has stacked columns. Here is a photo to help illustrate what I am looking for: Graph Examples As you can see in the photo there are two graphs. I want them to become one I wanted the Stacked there to be a total of 2 columns for each data series. I want the front column to have Data C3:C14 with D3:D14 Stacked on top of it, Then a column in the back that has B3:B14.
Simple answer is you can not so you have to cheat.
Can you upload the spreadsheet?