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Two different series
gomirage wrote:
hello , can anyone help me plotting two different charts (line and column) on the plot ? i have two dataset with with different X series. When i plot the colum grph and the line graph the X values are not respected. For example the first series 1983 to 2000 and the second serie 2000 to 2003. When i plot i have my column series plot with data at 2000, the beginning of the second dataset. Are your data sampled at the same rate? Another way to ask the same question: do you have one data point per year in both series? If the answer is yes, you can simply include some blank cells in each series. At one data point per year, 1983-2003, you have 21 data points. So if your 1983-2000 data is in A1:A18, make cells A19:22 blank and choose A1:A22 as the data range for that series. If the data for your 2000-2003 series is in B19:22, make B1:B18 blank and use B1:B22 for that series. Now plot both of these ranges on the same chart. If my description lacks depth, detail or clarity, post back and we'll try to help you out. Dave dvt at psu dot edu |
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Hey dave, Thank you for the proposition. I will check your method and
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Two different series
Make an XY Scatter chart instead of a Line chart. The Scatter chart
uses the X values for horizontal placement of points, while the Line chart merely spreads them out in order, as if there were no numerical value. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP http://www.geocities.com/jonpeltier/Excel/index.html _______ gomirage wrote: hello , can anyone help me plotting two different charts (line and column) on the plot ? i have two dataset with with different X series. When i plot the colum grph and the line graph the X values are not respected. For example the first series 1983 to 2000 and the second serie 2000 to 2003. When i plot i have my column series plot with data at 2000, the beginning of the second dataset. ------------------------------------------------ ~~ Message posted from http://www.ExcelTip.com/ ~~ View and post usenet messages directly from http://www.ExcelForum.com/ |
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Not confusing. The problem is that for Line, Column, Bar, and Area type
charts, Excel uses the categories of the first series for all of the series of that axis group. The way you could try to make it work in your case is to provide blank cells in one series where only the other series has data. Like this: Series 1 Series 2 1983 50 1985 60 1987 71 1989 81 1993 90 1995 101 1997 108 1999 118 2000 124 137 2001 152 2003 168 If you want to make interesting box plots, by the way, I have a page on my web site that shows how to do nicer ones than just a Hi-Lo-Close type of chart: http://www.geocities.com/jonpeltier/...tml#BoxWhisker - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP http://www.geocities.com/jonpeltier/Excel/index.html _______ gomirage wrote: Ge guys, I tried hard but the same problem. What i am trying to do is a boxplot with the first set of data following this procedu - Highlight the whole table, including figures and series labels, then click on the Chart Wizard. - Select a Line Chart. - At Step 2 plot by Rows, (the default is Columns), then Finish. - Select each data series in turn and use Format Data Series to remove the connecting lines. - Select any of the data series and Format Data Series; select the Options tab and switch on the checkboxes for High-Low lines and Up-Down bars. But when finish the box plot it moves automaticaly to the first data (1983) or to 2000. In the first case the space is to much and in the second case the first data of the second series (2000) is hiden. I hope this no really confusing |
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