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Graphs... Help... Can anyone sort...?!
Hi there,
I've got a lot of data that im looking at & was hoping to produce some graphs so that I can easily analyse them. The only thing is that each record has between 8 &15 values. I want to create a graph for each of these categories but have the graphs in order from highest to lowest. Is there a way of doing this without copying the data & sorting it each time or would it be best to use some other software....? Thanks very much Min ) |
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Graphs... Help... Can anyone sort...?!
What kind of graphs do you want? Could you use a line chart? The values
could be in the same chart, self-sorted because the line with greater values appears higher in the chart. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Min" wrote in message ... Hi there, I've got a lot of data that im looking at & was hoping to produce some graphs so that I can easily analyse them. The only thing is that each record has between 8 &15 values. I want to create a graph for each of these categories but have the graphs in order from highest to lowest. Is there a way of doing this without copying the data & sorting it each time or would it be best to use some other software....? Thanks very much Min ) |
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Graphs... Help... Can anyone sort...?!
I wanted to use bar charts so easiler to analyse the differences between each
of the columns. Think I tried line graphs but I still can't get it in order for all the categories (columns) without changing the other graphs. Would it be possible or is it better to use access? Or can u recommend another software? "Jon Peltier" wrote: What kind of graphs do you want? Could you use a line chart? The values could be in the same chart, self-sorted because the line with greater values appears higher in the chart. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Min" wrote in message ... Hi there, I've got a lot of data that im looking at & was hoping to produce some graphs so that I can easily analyse them. The only thing is that each record has between 8 &15 values. I want to create a graph for each of these categories but have the graphs in order from highest to lowest. Is there a way of doing this without copying the data & sorting it each time or would it be best to use some other software....? Thanks very much Min ) |
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Graphs... Help... Can anyone sort...?!
Until you know what you want to show, it will be difficult to help. I can't
imagine any software being useful until you've completed this step, and in general, Excel will probably be sufficient. When you decide what you want, first try to arrange the data in the worksheet such that a chart may in fact display it appropriately. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Min" wrote in message ... I wanted to use bar charts so easiler to analyse the differences between each of the columns. Think I tried line graphs but I still can't get it in order for all the categories (columns) without changing the other graphs. Would it be possible or is it better to use access? Or can u recommend another software? "Jon Peltier" wrote: What kind of graphs do you want? Could you use a line chart? The values could be in the same chart, self-sorted because the line with greater values appears higher in the chart. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Min" wrote in message ... Hi there, I've got a lot of data that im looking at & was hoping to produce some graphs so that I can easily analyse them. The only thing is that each record has between 8 &15 values. I want to create a graph for each of these categories but have the graphs in order from highest to lowest. Is there a way of doing this without copying the data & sorting it each time or would it be best to use some other software....? Thanks very much Min ) |
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Graphs... Help... Can anyone sort...?!
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
Min said: I wanted to use bar charts so easiler to analyse the differences between each of the columns. Think I tried line graphs but I still can't get it in order for all the categories (columns) without changing the other graphs. Would it be possible or is it better to use access? Or can u recommend another software? I understand later versions of Access have graphs, so that might work. But you haven't really told us enough about your data to help you solve your problem. Often, the hardest part about helping people in this newsgroup to chart their Excel ranges is that they treat the details of those ranges like a poker hand, and the details are key to answering the question. Reading between the lines, I don't see why it shouldn't be just as feasible to use a Pivot table as to move the data over to Access. -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
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