Any ideas on how to add timed highlights to your beautifull Gantt chart (http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/GanttChart.html)?

I would like to differ the time our business is open from time it is closed, so some hours on a given day a grey background, and some a white background.

Is that a clear question ;o) ??

Regards Marcel

Client is most impressed at my (cough cough) Excel skills.

Thanks!

You need to use the category (“text” in 2007) option for the X axis. You will not get the nice date tick and label spacing with the default axis, but that’s why Bill Gates invented XY series.

The technique is described on Custom Axis Scales using Dummy Series, and if you use this technique for your labels, you don’t need the dummy column series. For simpler labels the column series is easier to explain, easier for people to understand, and easier to knock out. For complicated labels, the column approach may be impossible.

I’ve noticed that the gaps are actually because I have no x-axis labels or data for weekends (since there is no trading on weekends obviously).

Is there a way for excel to ignore the 2 day gap over weekends and fill in the spaces?

My x-axis base units are in days and my major units are in months.

Thanks

Is there any pattern to the gaps? Weekends vs. weekdays, holidays, or other gaps in the record?

My chart consists of daily share price data for the past two years.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

It’s pretty much the same protocol, with a few differences. Start with two column series, and move the actual data to the secondary axis, so it is drawn in front of the shaded weekends on the primary axis.

It might be less cluttered to simply use a different fill color for the foreground data rather than to shade the background. I have two series in this chart, one for weekdays, one for weekends:

Time series are generally more effective as line series.

Thank you,
mark

I have covered this topic on my web site, in Add a Line to a Column or Line Chart.