Comments on: Clustered-Stacked Bar Charts

By: Erik Murk

Erik Murk — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:51:21 +0000

ah…
That explains a lot:)
So instead of “charting” the actual data from your tables you calculate
where you want your “points” for the XY charts, put these in a column
and THEN you chart?

Smart thinking:)

What escapes me is why Excel CAn do a “bar-line combo” with standing bars
but can’t do the same with lying bars?

Anyway, thanks!

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:02:37 +0000

Erik -

1. Yes, the chart type is called “XY (Scatter)” in English versions of Excel, and I tend to use the simpler name “XY”.

2. You have to plot the data first, add more data (i.e., for the XY series) if necessary, then change the chart type and axis of the series you need to change from bar to XY.

By: Erik Murk

Erik Murk — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:08:36 +0000

Lightning strikes..!

I have to plot first and make the actual chart with an extra column
accordingly?

By: Erik Murk

Erik Murk — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:29:03 +0000

To prevent things getting lost in translation (im from the netherlands)
the XY series which you refered to earlier;
is that the same as a scatter chart?

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:24:13 +0000

Erik - You need to take measures to align the lines (actually XY series) with the bars, which I describe in Build a Bar-Line Combination Chart.

By: Erik Murk

Erik Murk — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:02:37 +0000

Hi Jon,

I tried it acording to the “how to” page, but the result makes no sense;
since the data on the bars and the data on the lines arent that far apart
you’d expect them to show a “synchonised” pattern.

In my case where i use horozontal bars, the line also runs kinda horizontal
so i expect that im missing something (somewhere:)

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:34:37 +0000

Eric - Now you have to plot the lines using XY series, where X is the horizontal value, and Y is the vertical value. These are plotted on the secondary axes, which are scaled with respect to the primary axes (on which the bars are plotted) so they represent the data appropriately. For some guidance, read how to Build a Bar-Line Combination Chart.

By: Erik Murk

Erik Murk — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:58:13 +0000

Hi Jon,

almost there:)
I am able to make a chart like “tornado1″ so that hurdle is already taken.

What i am aiming for is a combination of “Tornado1″ and a line drawing of a simular shape, so, two vertical lines in the shape of a “christmas” tree.

The Tornado chart would present the averages of say, New York,
and the line drawing (the christmas tree) would present the averages in the USA

Again, I can produce that effortlessly with a bar line combo butthat whole thing should be tilted 90% to fit my goal…:)

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:38:43 +0000

Eric - I see now what you are trying to plot. Check out my tutorial on Tornado Charts.

By: Erik Murk

Erik Murk — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:26:23 +0000

Hi Jon, thanks for your respons.

eh, yes and no;
That system is right and ive been experimenting on that route already,
but i im trying to make a population piramyd along that line and “the clustered stack column combo chart with lines” (quite a finger breaking term this:)
is 90% off. It should look something like chart 4 on this page
http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/economy/demographics/projections/