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can you create a chart in excel with alphanumeric data?
any ideas please? we have data as follows:
y1 y2 y3 y4 name1 1 2a 3 4b name2 2a 2 1d 3a which needs to go in a chart but the alphanumerics (4b etc) keep being left out...) help! |
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Do the Alpha numerics equal a value? or are they a lable of a point?
If they equal a value, then charting can be done. Is they are a lable, can they be represented by a value, if not you may have to make a drawing rather than a chart. Charts plot values. "Pugwyrm" wrote: any ideas please? we have data as follows: y1 y2 y3 y4 name1 1 2a 3 4b name2 2a 2 1d 3a which needs to go in a chart but the alphanumerics (4b etc) keep being left out...) help! |
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Thants what i thought - thanks for your help.
"bj" wrote: Do the Alpha numerics equal a value? or are they a lable of a point? If they equal a value, then charting can be done. Is they are a lable, can they be represented by a value, if not you may have to make a drawing rather than a chart. Charts plot values. "Pugwyrm" wrote: any ideas please? we have data as follows: y1 y2 y3 y4 name1 1 2a 3 4b name2 2a 2 1d 3a which needs to go in a chart but the alphanumerics (4b etc) keep being left out...) help! |
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You can simulate the effect w/o too much effect.
Create a data set that looks like: 1 2 3 4 name1 1 2 3 4 name2 1 2 3 4 keep in mind your original data set is y1 y2 y3 y4 name1 1 2a 3 4b name2 2a 2 1d 3a Now, plot the first range in a line chart. Make sure that in step 2 you have 'data in columns' checked. This should give you four horizontal lines, each with 3 points. Format the x-axis so that the first marker is on the y-axis (double- click the x-axis and from the Scale tab uncheck 'Value (Y) axis crosses between categories'. Format the chart to lose the backgroud, the legend, the gridlines, and the y-axis. For the last one double click the y-axis and from the Patterns tab set everything to 'None'. Use Bovey's XY Chartlabeler add-in (www.appspro.com) or Walkenbach's Chart Tools (www.j-walk.com) to add data labels for each of the 4 series. The data labels for the four series should be the four columns in your actual table. Make sure you pick 'Center' as the position for the labels. Now, format each series to have no line and no marker. -- Regards, Tushar Mehta www.tushar-mehta.com Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials Custom MS Office productivity solutions In article , says... any ideas please? we have data as follows: y1 y2 y3 y4 name1 1 2a 3 4b name2 2a 2 1d 3a which needs to go in a chart but the alphanumerics (4b etc) keep being left out...) help! |
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