Comments on: Display One Chart Dynamically and Interactively

By: Chandoo

Chandoo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:22:11 +0000

@Krinsom… try the formatting code 0;-0;;

By: Krinsom

Krinsom — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:19:11 +0000

Hi Jon, very good post.
But what happen if I have negative values on my table?
If I apply the 0;;; cell formatting it simply isn’t shown.
Any tip?

Cheers

Krinsom

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:06:52 +0000

Alan -

When you add the labels, they pick up the formatting of the cells containing the values, and the Linked To Source option is selected (checked). You can format the labels independently, though. When you change the label formats, the Linked To Source option is unselected (unchecked). With this setting unchecked, you can change either format without affecting the other. Check the Linked To Source option and the labels will again assume the formats of the cells.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:17:25 +0000

No wait. It was as easy as I thought. For some reason it only worked on my third or fourth attempt though…

My question now is, does the custom format on the data restrict the possible formatting on the labels?

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:09:40 +0000

Hi.

I’m just new to this method for displaying data and experimenting a tad, – and learning a lot!

My question is, if I’m placing my own data in the appropriate ranges, how do I display 2 decimal places in the data labels?

I’m imagining it’s particularly easy, but I just can’t seem to do it…

Cheers,
Alain

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:16:13 +0000

Derek – That’s a good idea.

By: derek

derek — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:13:06 +0000

It occurs to me that Simon's problem could be addressed by the trick Chandoo described, of using Autofilter to display charts. Instead of the chart name being the trigger for display of the right rows, the RAG status can serve that purpose.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:52:51 +0000

Presumably you know which data you want to show in the chart based on the selected item in F2. There would be more than three columns of data in rows 17:25, and the range to populate the chart (rows 29:36) would show more than one set of data. I’d stack all of the data, use a formula that placed either zero or the data value into the display cells

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:17:32 +0000

How would you use this in relation to a stacked bar 100% chart?

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:56:58 +0000

Clay – Thanks for your alternative. Excel offers many ways to skin a cat. Some people will shy away from using array formulas because “they’re so slow”, but if you have only a small range, there’s no worry about performance issues.