Scatter PLotting using Data in third colum to determine range

Hi,

I have a set of data with a pair of geographical points (x,y) and a "state"
(either s/i). What I want is to plot a chart that has all the points that
are in state "s" as one set of points and all the points of state "i" in one
series without having to sort the list each time. Is there a way of making
Excel select only the "x" values (and also y, of course) for Series "s" as
those points which have "s" in a third colum and then the same for series "i"?

Perhaps there's a much better way to do this...?

Ben

Easiest to generate extra series on your data sheet, with the selections you
require, then plot your chart from those series.
--
David Biddulph

"maugak" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a set of data with a pair of geographical points (x,y) and a
"state"
(either s/i). What I want is to plot a chart that has all the points that
are in state "s" as one set of points and all the points of state "i" in
one
series without having to sort the list each time. Is there a way of
making
Excel select only the "x" values (and also y, of course) for Series "s" as
those points which have "s" in a third colum and then the same for series
"i"?

Perhaps there's a much better way to do this...?

Ben

You can use this VBA approach:
http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/vba...-chart-series/

or manually set up a conditional chart:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...nalChart1.html

- Jon
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Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/



maugak wrote:
Hi,

I have a set of data with a pair of geographical points (x,y) and a "state"
(either s/i). What I want is to plot a chart that has all the points that
are in state "s" as one set of points and all the points of state "i" in one
series without having to sort the list each time. Is there a way of making
Excel select only the "x" values (and also y, of course) for Series "s" as
those points which have "s" in a third colum and then the same for series "i"?

Perhaps there's a much better way to do this...?

Ben