Charts & Visualizing Data
165 TopicsHow can I stop Excel from changing the colors of my chart ?
I have a chart with past and forecasted figures for several series of data. I set the colors of each serie in order to have something nice and meaningful : 1 color per serie, dotted for forecast. Each time I filter my data to see a particular serie, Excel destroys my work to put back its automated layout which are ugly and meaningless. How can I prevent this ? I'm using excel professional plus 2013 Thanks a lot !Solved388KViews1like33CommentsCreate multiple Graphs on one sheet form one pivot table on another sheet
I need to create 25 different graphs (All on one sheet) from one Pivot table's data (different sheet), without the pivot table creating multiple different pivot tables. Also, the graphs need to update every month when the pivot table is updated. How is this possible? Currently all data are copied and pasted into different tables and then graphs created from each table. Thank you Kind regards Simone Fick247KViews0likes5CommentsHow to color-code points in a scatterplot by a third, non-quantitative data category
I have three columns of data. Two columns contain numerical data, which I want to plot on the x- and y-axis of a scatterplot. That part's easy. It's the next part that trips me up. I have a third column which contains categorical data. I want to use the values in this column to color-code all the "points" on the scatterplot. For example, in the attached screenshot, I would like the points in categories "A", "B", and "C" to each be assigned a color. I've tried a million things, but cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!134KViews0likes2CommentsMap Chart: Regions not displaying properly
I'm having problems getting a particular region to display properly in Map Charts. I'm not sure if it's region-specific or a problem with the programme. I'm pulling together a map of Georgia, the country, and a single region, Adjara, is not rendering properly. It doesn't render at all using many of its normal toponyms, and when spelled using the less-frequently used toponym "Adzharia", it appears as a thin sliver along the border. Any idea what's up? File attached.89KViews0likes18CommentsCan't create chart, option grayed out
Using Excel Home and Business 2013 Version 15.0.5023.1000. Just updated it now. I had this same problem with an old spreadsheet, where suddenly I could no longer add new data to the chart. So created today a new sheet with new data, just 40 lines and 5 columns. I want to use data from 3 columns for chart as I had in old sheet. When I still couldn't insert chart, tried Help. The most relevant seeming thing had info only in video, only about Power View ( which apparently my version doesn't support) and the dumb video, if you paused it or tried to go back 10 seconds, the #@@%^ thing wouldn't restart unless I went back to beginning of video. #FAIL on on so many levels. So I looked on this forum, and based on other threads, updated my version of Excel, checked that everything that's supposed to display is displayed (see attached), and still problem exists. I'm not a power user but I've always been able to use my data to create charts no problem. Any suggestions on what might be the problem now? TIA.Solved88KViews0likes14CommentsDon't count empty cells in pivot table
I have a data exported into an XML file which I map into excel. Then I convert this data into a pivot table to get the total count necessary columns. In the attached excel file, I'd like to get a count of "Trades" column only if the corresponding cell in the column "Clashes" is filled/not empty. But using the pivot table it counts the value even if the cell is empty. How do I achieve this? For example, in the file, "07.NetOps" is completely empty but the pivot table gives a count "1" for it. Is there any way to ignore the cell for counting if the "Clash" & "Active Clash" columns are empty?Solved65KViews0likes1CommentCharts acting like blank cells are zeros - NB the cells use a formula which returns the blank value
Hi, I have a column, C, of the form: C6=IF(OR(A6="",B6=""),"",A6-B6) where A and B are columns with mostly numerical values but occasionally blanks. The formula, rather than a simple C=A-B, ensures C is also blank if either of A or B are blank. So my column C now has mostly numerical values but also some blanks. So when i look at Averages in the column the returned value is correct. HOWEVER, when i chart the row, all the blank cells appear as zero values in the chart. If I 'delete' the formula that gives the blank return, and therefore replace it with an empty (ie blank) cell then the chart treats it correctly as a gap. How do i get the chart to treat the blank (resulting from the formula) as a true blank (ie a gap in the chart)? Or do I need to change the formula?62KViews0likes5Comments