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Old March 12th, 2004, 02:53 PM
kosciosco
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Default Excel chart - result of formula = " " don't want to see in chart

I have built a simple line graph, showing last year sale figures, this
years budget and this years actuals. I have 12 months worth of data for
the first two categories, but only two months for actuals.

The problem I have is that the data for the graph is being taken from a
table which gets its information from a larger data block using a
lookup function.

The problem I have is that the data for actuals includes a number for
January and February but nothing for March onwards. To insure that
there is nothing there I have used an if funtion to return a " " if
there is no number or the number itself if there is. The chart shows
the " " as a zero, but all I want to see is a line representing January
and February.

I know this is probably a really basic thing but I just can't find the
answer.

HELP!!!

Thanks

Simon


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Old March 12th, 2004, 03:03 PM
Frank Kabel
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Default Excel chart - result of formula = " " don't want to see in chart

Hi
try changing your IF function to something liek
=IF(a1"",A1,NA())

so instead of returning " " return NA()
you may use conditional formating to hide these output (use a white
font color for this)


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Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

I have built a simple line graph, showing last year sale figures,

this
years budget and this years actuals. I have 12 months worth of data
for the first two categories, but only two months for actuals.

The problem I have is that the data for the graph is being taken from
a table which gets its information from a larger data block using a
lookup function.

The problem I have is that the data for actuals includes a number for
January and February but nothing for March onwards. To insure that
there is nothing there I have used an if funtion to return a " " if
there is no number or the number itself if there is. The chart shows
the " " as a zero, but all I want to see is a line representing
January and February.

I know this is probably a really basic thing but I just can't find

the
answer.

HELP!!!

Thanks

Simon


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Old March 15th, 2004, 01:14 PM
Frank Kabel
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Default Excel chart - result of formula = " " don't want to see in chart

Hi
for the conditional formating issue.
- select the cells for which an NA error can occur
- goto the conditional format dialo
- enter the following formula
=ISNA(cell_reference)
where cell_reference ist the first cell of your selection.
e.g.
=ISNA(A1)

- now choose a white font for these condition


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Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

Ant_Emberson wrote:
I read this topic with glea! It was just what I was looking for... So
many thanks for that

This is my formula
=IF(SUM('Enter Data'!O5/1.175)*('Enter
Data'!P5/100)=0,NA(),SUM('Enter Data'!O5/1.175)*('Enter
Data'!P5/100))

forcing the formula to give #N/A where there is no value in the
original data, you mentioned using the conditional formatting to
"Hide" the #n/a, no matter what I try the 'N/A will not go white.

Can you help?
Thanks


 




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