I want to design a report in table format. I am using Panel and Line Control for now, but it's time consuming to adjust. Is there a better way to do this?
Example:
| column1 | column2 | column3 |
| aaaaa1 | sdf | sdfsdf |
| aaaaa2 | sdf | sdfsdf |
| aaaaa3 | sdf | sdfsdf |
The row background color should be alternating (gray & white).
Your question is a bit ambiguous I am going to assume you mean using the Report designer you would like to generate a report that looks like the image below.
That being said you have two different items you have to accomplish the table layout and the alternating Row color.
For the Table Layout
Unless I am missing something this is the easy part you only need to use the field controls and border settings on the controls to generate the grids. I have added a screen cap of the standard layout for the report above in the designer
For the Alternating Row Color
This is the challenge because without a little but of work it cant be done. What you have to do is using the visible expression create two sets of duplicate controls one placed directly on top of each other. I used the row number to build my expression that looked like
=IIf( $RowNumber % 2 = '0', True, False )
=IIf( $RowNumber % 2 = '0', False, True )
That divides each row number by two and if there is a remainder (Bottom equation) shows it and vise versa for the other set of controls.
Related
Good Afternoon all,
I've had a search but can't find the answer - please direct me if there is one!
I'm looking to make my spreadsheet have better readability to the user. It requires a lot of manual work outside of the sheet, so the less time strain the spreadsheet is, the better.
I know to to use =mod() in Conditional Formatting but this isn't what I'm looking for
I also know about opening the filter drop down, and clicking one cell, pressing down twice and pressing space bar (rinse and repeat) - but I'm not going to do this over 1000 rows...
Is there a way to alternate the colours from a filtered name in excel?
For example:
+---------------+---------------+--------------+
| Site Code | Site Name | Changed Date |
+---------------+---------------+--------------+
| 000020 | Bobs site | 28/11/18 | <-- colour 1
| 000020 | Bobs site | 26/11/18 | <-- colour 1
| 059201 | Julian's | date | <-- colour 2
| 059201 | Julian's | date | <-- colour 2
| 002237 | etc. 1 | date | <-- colour 1
| 523878 | etc. 2 | date | <-- colour 2
| 523878 | etc. 3 | date | <-- colour 2
+---------------+---------------+--------------+
So rather than by line number, it would be by the name "bobs site" would be one colour, the next in the list would be another colour etc
I would love for this to apply to site code and site name, so when filtering by either, the rows are highlighted correctly.
I can't do this in the =mod() kind of way, as some sites have just one entry, most have 2 and a few can have up to 10
EDIT: Proof of the answer working for future references
Doable with a helper column and Conditional Formatting with COUNTIF and MOD.
In the helper column:
=OR(A2<>A1,B2<>B1)
which returns TRUE or FALSE if the site code or site name has changed (or not) compared to the previous row.
Then 2 conditional formatting rules:
=MOD(COUNTIF($D$2:$D2,TRUE),2)=0
=MOD(COUNTIF($D$2:$D2,TRUE),2)=1
The mixed reference ($D$2:$D2) in the COUNTIF will allow for each separate section to be coloured alternately as the instances of TRUE are successively added up.
One solution; get all uniq values in a seperate column, copy column you want to refer to, paste to new column, remove duplicates.
Then select area with data and start refering those values you want to have that color i conditional formatting.
Edit
With more options use "AND" or "OR"
I am trying to figure out how to get labels to show on either Google sheets, Excel, or Numbers.
I have information that looks like this
name|x_val|y_val
----------------
a | 1| 1
b | 2| 4
c | 1| 2
Then I would want my final graph to look like this.
4| .(c)
3|
2| .(b)
1| .(a)
|__ __ __ __
0 1 2 3 4
Like why can't I label each of these points with its name? I can only seem to label the value, e.g, (c) would show 4
Is the only solution D3?
Well I did not think this was possible until I went and checked. In some previous version of Excel I could not do this. I am currently using Excel 2013.
This is what you want to do in a scatter plot:
right click on your data point
select "Format Data Labels" (note you may have to add data labels
first)
put a check mark in "Values from Cells"
click on "select range" and select your range of labels you want on the points
UPDATE: Colouring Individual Labels
In order to colour the labels individually use the following steps:
select a label. When you first select, all labels for the series should get a box around them like the graph above.
Select the individual label you are interested in editing. Only the label you have selected should have a box around it like the graph below.
On the right hand side, as shown below, Select "TEXT OPTIONS".
Expand the "TEXT FILL" category if required.
Second from the bottom of the category list is "COLOR", select the colour you want from the pallet.
If you have the entire series selected instead of the individual label, text formatting changes should apply to all labels instead of just one.
None of these worked for me. I'm on a mac using Microsoft 360. I found this which DID work:
This workaround is for Excel 2010 and 2007, it is best for a small number of chart data points.
Click twice on a label to select it.
Click in formula bar.
Type =
Use your mouse to click on a cell that contains the value you want to use.
The formula bar changes to perhaps =Sheet1!$D$3
Repeat step 1 to 5 with remaining data labels.
Simple
For all those who don't have the option in Excel (like me), there is a macro which works and is explained here: https://www.get-digital-help.com/2015/08/03/custom-data-labels-in-x-y-scatter-chart/ Very useful
Another convoluted answer which should technically work and is ok for a small number of data points is to plot all your data points as 1 series in order to get your connecting line. Then plot each point as its own series. Then format data labels to display series name for each of the individual data points.
In short it works ok for a small data set or just key points from a data set.
If using VBA is an option and assuming that you have a table named 'Table1' of the form:
Label|x_val|y_val
----------------
a | 1| 1
b | 2| 4
c | 1| 2
this routine should work:
Sub labelDatapoints()
Dim r As Integer
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart 'The scatter plot
.SeriesCollection(1).ApplyDataLabels
For r = 1 To Range("Table1[Label]").Rows.Count 'iterate through all data points
.SeriesCollection(1).Points(r).DataLabel.Text = Range("Table1[Label]").Cells(r).Value 'add the custom label to the current datapoint
Next r
End With
End Sub
Modified from https://www.get-digital-help.com/dynamic-data-labels-in-a-chart/
I have a data set as follows:
A | B | C |...
1abc | 1def | 1ghi |...
2abc | 2def | 2ghi |...
...
This is a collection of memo notes for each account in our database. The 1 in "1abc" represents the account ID and the letters represent some text. There are a total of 177 columns and 1866 rows but not every row has values up to column 177, some may only have two columns worth of data.
I need each column to drop down to the bottom of column A so that all data only occupies Column A. For example, all the data in column B would inserted after the last value in A. Data in column C would be inserted after the last value in column A after it's been populated with the data from B and so on.
In the end, it should look something like this (from which point I can simply sort it in ascending order).
A | B | C |
1abc | | |
2abc | | |
...
1def | | |
2def | | |
...
1ghi | | |
2ghi | | |
...
Can anyone help out with this? I am assuming that I need a macro and have tried working with the solution found in this post but couldn't figure it out. Oh, and I'm using Excel 2003 if that helps.
I am not sure if this will help but, from what you have given me, it sounds like you have 3 columns of data that you would like to be put into one column. If I am correct in my thinking, you can do this a few different ways. So as to preserve the original document in its entirety while adding an extended sorting system you could: 1: Create new tab. Then highlight range a with your mouse. Using your mouse right click and select copy (try to keep in mind the value of the range, E.g. How many items have you copied. Paste it in your now tab. Do this for the remaining ranges. Or maybe use V look up. If you would like I have a schedule module I have created that has many different types of range associations. You can also split sting in excel to divide the id from the sting.
Without VBA, add a blank row at the top and a column on the left populated throughout with say x and then follow the steps detailed here. Then delete the left-hand two columns and filter the remaining one to remove any blanks.
Is there any way to draw a table in a forum which uses bb code if [Table] tab is not supported ?
The tags being allowed in the forum are :
[b], [i], [u]
[color]
[size]
[font]
[highlight]
[left], [right], [center]
[indent]
[email]
[url]
[thread]
[post]
[list]
[img]
[quote]
[noparse]
[attach]
Do not think so.
But, depending on your purpose, it may be sufficient to force a monotype font (e.g. Courier) using the [font] tag, and then simply "draw" your table by hand using ASCII characters. For example:
[font=courier]
-----------------
| Col A | Col B |
-----------------
| 1 | X |
| 2 | Y |
| 3 | Z |
-----------------
[/font]
Certainly, it is troublesome and may be considered dirty, but your set of available tools is pretty limited.
The [code][/code] tag will maintain white spacing. Example at
http://www.bbcode.org/examples/?id=15. I can see that [code] tags may not be allowed in your forum but are they truly disabled? If so, is there any possibility of turning them on?
Alternatively, I would try Wojciech Żółtak's idea to use a monospaced font.
Finally, you could take a screen cap of the table and insert it as an image. Include the table text as part of the image's alt and/or title tag.
Is there a method whereby columns in Excel (2003, 2007 and/or 2010) can be automatically shown (un-hidden) when the column to the left contains data?
Something like this:
IF column to the left contains data
THEN show column
+-----+-----+
| C | C | //If column1 contains data
| O | O | //Then reveal/show (unhide) column2
| L | L |
| U | U |
| M | M |
| N | N |
| 1 | 2 |
+-----+-----+
I'm guessing that VB code is required but am unsure as to what this would be.
Further to this, is there a way to automatically show the column going by the date (first day of each month)? This is a little more complicated. For example:
FOR all dates
IF system date = year(month.day1) //If it is the first day of a new month
THEN show column(month) //Then show the corresponding column for that month
ENDIF
ENDFOR
i.e. IF system date = 01/09/2012
THEN show column(September)
Is this possible?
Thank you.
Correct, you need VBA to achieve that. Use the Worksheet_Change event which fires whenever something changes. Then, use one of the various methods to determine if a column is not empty (http://ewbi.blogs.com/develops/2006/03/determine_if_a_.html, or just google). Alternatively, if this is to slow because if fires almost all the time, you could use the Worksheet_Activate() event (an overview of all Excel events can be found here).
If your column 7 contains data, you can unhide column 8 using MyWorksheet.Columns("8:8").Hidden = False.
Your second problem can be solved in a similar way. In the Worksheet_Activate(), check if today is the first day in a month using Day(Date) = 1 (I guess it needs to take into account that the user may not be using Excel this day, so the code should be a little more complex) and show that column using MyWorksheet.Columns("12:12").Hidden = False (or whichever it is) for December 1st.
All this code assumes that the columns are already there, just hidden.