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Double Stacked Bar with Line Chart
Hello all,
I believe I'm trying to accomplish the impossible, but I'm hoping someone might have an answer. I'm trying to create a double stacked bar chart, with a line chart. I've managed to create a double stacked bar chart, but I can't get a line chart. I want the line chart to straddle the groups. If you create a Stacked Bar chart with a Line Chart (on second axis), you'll see what I'm trying to accomplish. Just imagine 2 stacked bars instead of one. Like I said, trying the impossible. Here's the data setup I've got for two stacked bar charts. It's going to look ugly, but I hope it makes sense. _____________stackedbar1__|__stackedbar2_| ______________Jan-07_____|____Feb-07____| ____________Budget_Actual_|_Budget_Actual_| Development_|_20____10___|__30_____32___| Test________| 15____7____|__12_____16___| Qty Delivered_|_____34_____|______32______| -- this would be the line chart Hope that helps. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how this could work. Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** |
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Double Stacked Bar with Line Chart
It's really pretty easy, if you forget what you think you know about making
charts. In my sample, I have this data in A3:H6, where [b] denotes a blank cell and [s] indicates a cell with a single space character: [b] [s] Jan-07 [b] [s] Feb-07 [b] [s] [b] [s] Budget Actual [s] Budget Actual [s] Dev 0 20 10 0 30 32 0 Test 0 15 7 0 12 16 0 I also have this data in J4:L5 [b] 2.5 5.5 Deliv 34 32 Select A3:H6, run the chart wizard, and create a stacked column chart. Select and copy J4:L5, select the chart, use Edit menu Paste Special to add the data as a new series, series in rows, first row has categories and first column has series names. This adds another column to the stack, not at all where you want it. Select the added column series, go to Chart menu Chart Type, and choose an XY type, probably with markers and lines. Partway there. Now double click the XY series, and on the Axis tab, choose Primary. Where did the 2.5 and 5.5 come from? in the chart, count the categories, including the blank spaces: blank, budget, actual, blank, budget, actual, blank. So categories 1, 4, and 7 are blanks. To get a marker straddling the budget and actual, we want a marker between categories 2 and 3, and between categories 5 and 6. That translates to X values of 2.5 and 5.5, which I had placed in cells K5 and L5. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jay" wrote in message ... Hello all, I believe I'm trying to accomplish the impossible, but I'm hoping someone might have an answer. I'm trying to create a double stacked bar chart, with a line chart. I've managed to create a double stacked bar chart, but I can't get a line chart. I want the line chart to straddle the groups. If you create a Stacked Bar chart with a Line Chart (on second axis), you'll see what I'm trying to accomplish. Just imagine 2 stacked bars instead of one. Like I said, trying the impossible. Here's the data setup I've got for two stacked bar charts. It's going to look ugly, but I hope it makes sense. _____________stackedbar1__|__stackedbar2_| ______________Jan-07_____|____Feb-07____| ____________Budget_Actual_|_Budget_Actual_| Development_|_20____10___|__30_____32___| Test________| 15____7____|__12_____16___| Qty Delivered_|_____34_____|______32______| -- this would be the line chart Hope that helps. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how this could work. Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** |
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Double Stacked Bar with Line Chart
I must be doing something incorrectly.
My line chart appears, but in category 1 and 2. It won't cross multiple categories. Does your line chart cross multiple categories? Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** "Jon Peltier" wrote: It's really pretty easy, if you forget what you think you know about making charts. In my sample, I have this data in A3:H6, where [b] denotes a blank cell and [s] indicates a cell with a single space character: [b] [s] Jan-07 [b] [s] Feb-07 [b] [s] [b] [s] Budget Actual [s] Budget Actual [s] Dev 0 20 10 0 30 32 0 Test 0 15 7 0 12 16 0 I also have this data in J4:L5 [b] 2.5 5.5 Deliv 34 32 Select A3:H6, run the chart wizard, and create a stacked column chart. Select and copy J4:L5, select the chart, use Edit menu Paste Special to add the data as a new series, series in rows, first row has categories and first column has series names. This adds another column to the stack, not at all where you want it. Select the added column series, go to Chart menu Chart Type, and choose an XY type, probably with markers and lines. Partway there. Now double click the XY series, and on the Axis tab, choose Primary. Where did the 2.5 and 5.5 come from? in the chart, count the categories, including the blank spaces: blank, budget, actual, blank, budget, actual, blank. So categories 1, 4, and 7 are blanks. To get a marker straddling the budget and actual, we want a marker between categories 2 and 3, and between categories 5 and 6. That translates to X values of 2.5 and 5.5, which I had placed in cells K5 and L5. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jay" wrote in message ... Hello all, I believe I'm trying to accomplish the impossible, but I'm hoping someone might have an answer. I'm trying to create a double stacked bar chart, with a line chart. I've managed to create a double stacked bar chart, but I can't get a line chart. I want the line chart to straddle the groups. If you create a Stacked Bar chart with a Line Chart (on second axis), you'll see what I'm trying to accomplish. Just imagine 2 stacked bars instead of one. Like I said, trying the impossible. Here's the data setup I've got for two stacked bar charts. It's going to look ugly, but I hope it makes sense. _____________stackedbar1__|__stackedbar2_| ______________Jan-07_____|____Feb-07____| ____________Budget_Actual_|_Budget_Actual_| Development_|_20____10___|__30_____32___| Test________| 15____7____|__12_____16___| Qty Delivered_|_____34_____|______32______| -- this would be the line chart Hope that helps. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how this could work. Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** |
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Double Stacked Bar with Line Chart
Don't make a line chart of the last series, make an XY chart.
- Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jay" wrote in message ... I must be doing something incorrectly. My line chart appears, but in category 1 and 2. It won't cross multiple categories. Does your line chart cross multiple categories? Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** "Jon Peltier" wrote: It's really pretty easy, if you forget what you think you know about making charts. In my sample, I have this data in A3:H6, where [b] denotes a blank cell and [s] indicates a cell with a single space character: [b] [s] Jan-07 [b] [s] Feb-07 [b] [s] [b] [s] Budget Actual [s] Budget Actual [s] Dev 0 20 10 0 30 32 0 Test 0 15 7 0 12 16 0 I also have this data in J4:L5 [b] 2.5 5.5 Deliv 34 32 Select A3:H6, run the chart wizard, and create a stacked column chart. Select and copy J4:L5, select the chart, use Edit menu Paste Special to add the data as a new series, series in rows, first row has categories and first column has series names. This adds another column to the stack, not at all where you want it. Select the added column series, go to Chart menu Chart Type, and choose an XY type, probably with markers and lines. Partway there. Now double click the XY series, and on the Axis tab, choose Primary. Where did the 2.5 and 5.5 come from? in the chart, count the categories, including the blank spaces: blank, budget, actual, blank, budget, actual, blank. So categories 1, 4, and 7 are blanks. To get a marker straddling the budget and actual, we want a marker between categories 2 and 3, and between categories 5 and 6. That translates to X values of 2.5 and 5.5, which I had placed in cells K5 and L5. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jay" wrote in message ... Hello all, I believe I'm trying to accomplish the impossible, but I'm hoping someone might have an answer. I'm trying to create a double stacked bar chart, with a line chart. I've managed to create a double stacked bar chart, but I can't get a line chart. I want the line chart to straddle the groups. If you create a Stacked Bar chart with a Line Chart (on second axis), you'll see what I'm trying to accomplish. Just imagine 2 stacked bars instead of one. Like I said, trying the impossible. Here's the data setup I've got for two stacked bar charts. It's going to look ugly, but I hope it makes sense. _____________stackedbar1__|__stackedbar2_| ______________Jan-07_____|____Feb-07____| ____________Budget_Actual_|_Budget_Actual_| Development_|_20____10___|__30_____32___| Test________| 15____7____|__12_____16___| Qty Delivered_|_____34_____|______32______| -- this would be the line chart Hope that helps. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how this could work. Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** |
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Double Stacked Bar with Line Chart
That was exactly my issue. Read what I wanted and not what you wrote.
That awesome, thanks! I really appreciate it. There's no way I would have figured that out myself. Cheers, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** "Jon Peltier" wrote: Don't make a line chart of the last series, make an XY chart. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jay" wrote in message ... I must be doing something incorrectly. My line chart appears, but in category 1 and 2. It won't cross multiple categories. Does your line chart cross multiple categories? Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** "Jon Peltier" wrote: It's really pretty easy, if you forget what you think you know about making charts. In my sample, I have this data in A3:H6, where [b] denotes a blank cell and [s] indicates a cell with a single space character: [b] [s] Jan-07 [b] [s] Feb-07 [b] [s] [b] [s] Budget Actual [s] Budget Actual [s] Dev 0 20 10 0 30 32 0 Test 0 15 7 0 12 16 0 I also have this data in J4:L5 [b] 2.5 5.5 Deliv 34 32 Select A3:H6, run the chart wizard, and create a stacked column chart. Select and copy J4:L5, select the chart, use Edit menu Paste Special to add the data as a new series, series in rows, first row has categories and first column has series names. This adds another column to the stack, not at all where you want it. Select the added column series, go to Chart menu Chart Type, and choose an XY type, probably with markers and lines. Partway there. Now double click the XY series, and on the Axis tab, choose Primary. Where did the 2.5 and 5.5 come from? in the chart, count the categories, including the blank spaces: blank, budget, actual, blank, budget, actual, blank. So categories 1, 4, and 7 are blanks. To get a marker straddling the budget and actual, we want a marker between categories 2 and 3, and between categories 5 and 6. That translates to X values of 2.5 and 5.5, which I had placed in cells K5 and L5. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jay" wrote in message ... Hello all, I believe I'm trying to accomplish the impossible, but I'm hoping someone might have an answer. I'm trying to create a double stacked bar chart, with a line chart. I've managed to create a double stacked bar chart, but I can't get a line chart. I want the line chart to straddle the groups. If you create a Stacked Bar chart with a Line Chart (on second axis), you'll see what I'm trying to accomplish. Just imagine 2 stacked bars instead of one. Like I said, trying the impossible. Here's the data setup I've got for two stacked bar charts. It's going to look ugly, but I hope it makes sense. _____________stackedbar1__|__stackedbar2_| ______________Jan-07_____|____Feb-07____| ____________Budget_Actual_|_Budget_Actual_| Development_|_20____10___|__30_____32___| Test________| 15____7____|__12_____16___| Qty Delivered_|_____34_____|______32______| -- this would be the line chart Hope that helps. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how this could work. Thanks, Jay -- Disregard, this is so I can find my post later. ***postedbyJay*** |
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