I have this excel's file:
As you can see i also made graphic for it.
The problem is that it is wrong, because i have 2 same "periodo" (201603)
in the graphic, and i don't want it. I want to see it only 1 time, but with 2 columns on it.
Like in this image: (sorry for paint).
I already tried anything: I searched on google and i aksed also to some friends. Please tell me where i'm wrong.
If something isn't clear ask me anything.
1) rearrange you data so that each series, or each bar if you bar is in its own column. See image below. Bob Cat and Dog are the series names. Dates are the axis labels, and the numbers of the series values.
2) make sure the vertical information is in the same row as the vertical information as the bar you want it grouped with.
3) right click on the graph and select "select data"
4) on the left hand side click add series. Select the additional columns for the bar height. make sure you include any blank above the data to keep the size line up with the previous.
5) your labels on the bottom will only show one thing. I would suggest you use your dates. Use your legend to apply series names to the colours.
Caveat: even when there are no values, the series still takes space.
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I have a macro that produces graphs like this:
The data for the graphs looks like (100,0,0,94,0,132,0,126,115) and so on.
The dotted graph shows all the data (note the dots on the "floor", that's data with value 0). The lines connects the dots with values more than 0.
I have to do this using two graphs and it works but it's a bit messy at the bottom as two labels show for each color. The example above works ok but if you want to see more lines it gets really messy quick and hard to see. Is it possible to only show the dotted graph in the graph window but not the corresponding label? Basically I want one label per color at the bottom.
And yes, I know there's a graph with dots and lines but it doesn't work for me.
Since the data looks like (100,0,0,94,0,132,0,126,115) the lines looks like sawtooths going all the way back to 0 and then back up again. I want the lines to only show the data with value more than zero.
In your case, the simplest way would be to substitute all 0 values with =NA() function. Excel won't chart #N/A! values. You'll still see the category label in the axis, but Excel won't chart the actual zeros.
I need to create a graph that properly represents the profit-maximizing model of aircraft in different scenarios. I apologize in advance for my lack of understanding in what exactly to call it. As mentioned, I have found the type of graph that would best represent this, but cannot figure out how to code/create it. I have tried using Excel and Think-Cell (and either one of them may work, I just haven't figured out how) and haven't had much luck. The image below represents the ideal graph, linked here:
Does anyone have any idea how to best go about this? Thanks in advance.
Edit: The data I have now looks like this, linked here:
You need to use the data to generate a Stacked Column chart.
Here is how I set up my own example data (before you posted your own data format):
Next, select all rows and only the first four columns of the data (42R x 5C) and Insert-->Charts-->2D Column-->Stacked Column. You should get a chart like this:
Then change the vertical axis options to show Bounds Min=1.0, Max=4.0, Units Major=0.2, Minor=0.1.
Next, select any of the data series in the chart and format the Series Options for Series Overlap=100%, Gap Width=0%.
After that, I deleted the Title and Legend, set the Line Style for both Axis to Solid Fill, Black Color. Then I changed the data series colors to be close to your example. Lastly, make sure the chart is selected (the border is highlighted with the squares at the corners), then Insert a TextBox over your data and type "B747-200P2F" and manually place it over the correct data area. Repeat this for the other series and you get this:
Finally, we'll work on the Jet Fuel price line. This series will be added to the chart, then plotted on the secondary axis and it's chart type changed to Line.
To start, select only the Jet Fuel price column (F1:F42) and then copy that range into the clipboard. Then, make sure the chart is selected and, from the Home ribbon, select Paste Special. Use the default settings, or choose Add cells as New Series, Values (Y) in Columns, check Series Names in First Row, uncheck Categories (X Labels) in First Column, then click OK. (Not much will seem different on the chart yet!)
The next steps are important to take in order (at least for me). Select only the "Jet Fuel Price" series and change the Series Options to Plot on Secondary Axis. Then change the axis options to set the range from 1.0 to 4.0 and set labels to None. Just so we're tracking, here's what I have so far:
The (almost) final step is to select only the "Jet Fuel Price" series again, then right click it and choose Change Series Chart Type. Make sure you select the Combo chart type and make the selections for each of the series chart types as indicated in this picture:
Now (finally!) just add another textbox, put in your label and set the text color to red.
I've been trying to make a chart comparing two sets of data from 40 countries, but every time I try to make the chart, it shows one data set perfectly normally and the other set is just displayed as zero.
I've tried changing from points to commas and everything else I can find online, but nothing is working.
I know absolutely nothing about coding, so please consider that when helping me out. I'm just trying to fix this for my maths assignment.
Thanks in advance!
The other set is not displayed as zero! If you could use a ... microscope, you would notice that the orange dots are slightly above ground!
Each square in your diagram has a height of 0,5E15, which may also be written as the number 500.000.000.000.000 (5 followed by 14 zeros).
Imagine now that you want to place the dot that corresponds to the Albanian AAS number, which is 2.907.909,20. This is a minuscule number in relation to the height of each square. Excel thus naturally places that dot very close to the bottom of the first square, leading you to believe that it touches the horizontal zero line.
What you can do is the following:
Select with your mouse the line consisting of the orange points. Then right-click and select "Format Data Points" (or the German equivalent, I suppose "Formatieren Datapunkten"). Then search for "Series Options", where you will see the following two choices for "Plot Series On":
Choice 1: Primary Axis
Choice 2: Secondary Axis
Select the second choice and you problem will be resolved.
Viel Glück!
I know how to draw a line with scatter plot options where X is the independent and Y the dependent variable.
In the scatter plot of that data I need to add another line: X=2. I have the following data:
But how to draw a line X=1 ?
Maybe you want something like this:
I hear that charting is more different than many other aspects of Excel between versions and that perhaps my version (Excel 2007) is one of the least ‘friendly’ hence some of the reason for “not very easy” but the principle is as #Bill the Lizard has described. In view of some weird behaviour with (my?) Excel 2007 however I recommend being careful about the sequence in which the lines are drawn.
First I suggest getting your chart right for all aspects but the green line. Then add another series with X values of 1 and 1 and Y=2 values of 10 and -2 (or whatever the limits are of your chosen y-axis as displayed). Select and copy that array (four cells) select your chart and Paste Special…, and Add cells as New Series, Columns, Categories (X Values) in First Column, OK.
This should add a vertical line of the same chart type as the existing (ie XY (Scatter) Scatter with Straight Lines and Markers). The colour can be changed, by selecting that series (click on it and Format Data Series…, Line Color etc) and presumably you would want the markers removed. It was these that for me at first refused to disappear to order – but persistence paid off. Click on either of the data points, and under Marker Options choose none for Marker Type. If necessary, repeat for the other data point – and keep repeating if required!
Also, I selected what was showing as Series3 (text) in the legend and deleted that.
Forgot to mention that for anything to do with Excel charts Jon Peltier is the ultimate authority (eg) and that an alternative approach is to use an error bar and a secondary vertical axis.
I have a table (came from a pivot table) where I have formatted the column 4 cells to show 1 billion as 1. But when I select the table and insert a chart, I am getting my units in millions. So the 14.8 billion number for Mexico is showing up as 14,800 on the chart. Why might this be happening and how can I fix this? This is also making all my other bars negligibly small. Note that the first three columns are not in billions and are totally different things. Some are percentages, some are other small numbers.
Table:
Chart:
You need a secondary horizontal axis and some formatting on the Axes.
In Excel 2013
First change the Chart Type to Combo and select Clustered Bar for both sets of data, then Check
Secondary Axis for the Percentage Series.
Then set up the axis limits so they match, e.g.
Percentage: min -.5 max 2
Billions: min -5e9 max 20e9
Then set the percentage format on the source data to a custom Number format of "";(0)%;0%
Then set the Billions format as 0,,,;"";0
You will get something like this:
EDIT
Now that we have the general principles, we can apply them to your specific data.
I will also switch to Excel 2010 do show the different menus.
The data selection looks like this
Select the non-Billion series (plural!) and check the secondary axis
If the larger data is always positive then you can use custom formatting to clean up the axis
Align the primary and secondary axes so that the grid lines match on both
The end result is clean and readable.
Mixing percentages and numbers for the smaller numbers is not handled by this but I would suggest that that would be confusing anyway?
The simplest way to fix this might be to plot cells containing the billions values divided by 10^9 rather than to plot the billions themselves, though via a secondary axis may be possible.
Using Excel 2007. For the purple bars, the example on the left uses ColumnE values, on the right ColumnF values. E1 contains =F1/10^9 and F1 contains =14800000000:
It appears that there are 3 questions here: 1) "Why might this be happening", 2) "how can I fix this", and 3) something like "how can I plot data which lie on two widely differing ranges, and make them all reasonably visible anyway", even if there was no explicit question on this.
There are several ways to solve issue #2 about the units (e.g., billions) and numbers (e.g., 14.8 vs. 14,800.0) shown in the axis, each one with its own pros and cons:
Use Format Axis -> Axis Options -> Display units.
This might be the answer to your issue #1 as well, you might have the following selection: Display units -> Millions, and unchecked Show display units... Otherwise, I wouldn't know why you chart shows what it shows.
Use faked tick marks, as indicated in the (excellent) site of Jon Peltier
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ArbitraryAxis.html
It gives detailed instructions on how to create tick marks on an axis with arbitrary labels (which may be text, numbers, etc.), which is more generic than what the OP wants here. In this particular case, the labels will be the desired numbers.
Create new cells containing data that would be plotted exactly the way you want.
As for your issue #3, I guess the only option is to have a Secondary Axis (see the answer by pnuts).
Thus, to come up with the best final chart for you might use a combination of one of the options I gave here and a secondary axis.