I would like to know how can I make it so that a chart doesn't show the data point value on hover.
The chart in question plots a range with formulas so I can toggle all the series, and I need the solution to be on the file so that no one can see the actual values under the chart.
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I have a pivot chart with data coming from a Power Query - SQL Source. Colors in Pivot Chart follow a pattern depending on the number of legends. It always starts with light blue (based on my theme choice) but legend values are not static since it is referencing from a live data - Chart 1 starts with <30d and Chart 2 is >=90d, but both are light blue which is confusing.
I am aware of Macros and tried applying it upon opening the Excel but this will not work if the refreshed data changed the number of legends in the chart. (e.g. Chart 2 now has 2 legend values) and it refreshes weekly.
What i'm looking for is a way to bind a color to specific text - <30d is Red for all charts. If there's a documentation about this that doesn't include Macros that will be best. I've tried finding an IF (legend = <30d) in Macro; spent hours already but is still unsuccessful in doing so.
To anyone with the same issue, i loaded the data from Power Query to a Worksheet and not to a Data Model. Now when i change the color for a legend and the data refreshes, it will not revert to a default color scheme.
I am working with a pie chart whose data labels are added using the best fit property. Most of those labels are placed by Excel inside the pie, but some of them are placed outside.
Because of some series colors are so strong, the data labels had to be defined as white. Of course, the labels placed outside the pie wont be visible if I don't manually change their color (to black, for instance)
What I am trying to do is to conditionally change the label's color according to where Excel placed it (white inside the pie, black outside it), as in the following image:
I have been searching for a solution, but it seems that nobody had a similar problem.
Does anyone know if Excel allows this or does someone know a trick to bypass it?
There is a way to do this in Excel.
When you click on the chart, and go to Layout under Chart Tools.
Once there, go to Data Labels.
When you click on that, it will display a drop-down menu. At the bottom of the menu, click on More Data Label Options.
It will pull up a new window. On the sidebar of the new window, click on Number.
Then, under Category click on Custom.
In the textbox shown under Format Code, type in [Black][<0.05]0%;[White][>=0.05]0%
Click Add.
It should format the numbers outside the pie chart in your example black, and the numbers inside the pie white. If you had different data, you could format it the same, but you would have to change the number in the brackets after the color to the number one higher than number outside of the pie. It would be like this: [Black][<(number one higher than number outside of the pie)]0%;[White][>=(number one higher than number outside of the pie)]0%
Screenshot of Pie Chart Formatting
Source:
http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/01/29/colors-in-excel-chart-labels-trick/
When I insert one chart in excel, the generated chart will always on the top of the data. However, if I want to select some range of my data to the chart, I usually have to drag the chart away from the top of data for locating the cursor on them.
My question: is there any simple and quick way to switch to focus on one of the data and the chart while hiding the other?
Not a perfect answer, but you can adjust the transparency of the fill of the chart object. Then, click on a cell and use the arrow keys to select the cells of interest behind the chart ...
How do I get the format of the legend entries in an Excel 2013 chart to match the formatting of the cell the series name is from? My series title needs to be a mix of italics, subscripts, etc, but I don't know how to customize this label at all. I either need the format to carry over from the source cell or just to be able to override the legend entry.
Maybe not ideal, but it works. Just delete the legend label from your data source and then insert -> shape -> text box in its place that is formatted to your liking. Example image attached of what I think you wanted.
**Disclaimer: This chart in no way makes any sense.
I've got a scatter chart in an SSRS report and a requiremetn to label each quadrant of the chart.
When I drop a text box with the label of each quadrant and get it to look just how I want it in the designer all seems well.
But when the report is run the flow based layout of the report put the text boxs vertically under need the scatter chart.
How do I get the text boxes to remain on top of the chart?
In designer
Rendered report
Consider adding the Quadrant labels as a chart title instead of a textbox. You will need to enable the CustomPosition property of the chart title to True in order to place the titles in the corners.
I am unable to post an image without some "reputation" but I was able to add the quadrant titles successfully.