Naming values above the row with name of “Other” (Other would total anything below it – thereby being redundant in the chart, but a good summary in the table)
VertValues = =OFFSET(Sheet1!$B$1,1,0,COUNT(Values)-1,1)
(Note – the Values range includes the value of the “Other” row)
VertCats = =OFFSET(VertValues,0,-1)

Naming values below the row with the name “Other”
VertCats2 = =Sheet1!$B$13:$B$14
Values = =OFFSET(Values2,0,-1)

Graphing both named ranges.
=SERIES(,(Book2!VertCats,Book2!VertCats2),(Book2!VertValues,Book2!Values2),1)

The answer came from the basic info from the dynamic chart article you referred me to.

Thanks,
ckz

Only one chart minus the row that includes the “Total Other Items”. The problem is that rows will be added or deleted in between the “Total Other Items” and whatever is above it. How do I tell the Offset range to find the word “other” and stop or not include it in the range?

No plotting by order of highest to lowest, just a pretty pie chart
making a picture of a summary table. I can’t move the the “Total
Other Items” to the bottom because it totalizes everything below it.

I just read through the dynamic chart, can I include two name ranges
with an offset of -1 for one of the ranges to not include the “Total
Other Items”?

Here is my reply:

Hmm, a pie chart. Well, I’ll answer anyway.

Do you want to plot all of the data in your list except for “Total Other Items”? If so, then you should have two ranges, one for display with this item inserted where needed, and the other for the chart without this item.

The easiest thing to do, also the most sensible for anyone interpreting your chart, is to put “Total Other items” at the bottom of the list, because it isn’t a stand-alone item. This way, you only need to know how many rows there are in the range, and plot that number minus 1.

Then you could use a dynamic charting approach like I described in Dynamic Charts.

Example:
Vegetables:
Brocoli 5
Carrots 6
Squash 4
Total Other Items 8
Apples 3
Oranges 3
Tomatoes 2

I want to graph Brocoli through Tomtatoes minus “Total Other items”. At times, the program will insert a row between “Squash” and “total Other items”

Brocoli 5
Carrots 6
Squash 4
Pumpkin 3
Potatoes 10
Total Other Items 8
Apples 3
Oranges 3
Tomatoes 2

How do I make the chart series see the changes between “Squash” and “Total Other Items” and still not include “Total Other Items”.

I really appreciate it if you can help me with this VBA code for excel to create a dynamic chart.

ckz