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[...] Why turn to Jon Peltier’s excellent blog on Excel tips and tricks. In this case, this post on developing a non-Pivot Chart chart on a Pivot Table did the [...]

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:23:41 +0000

Anonymous -

In Excel 2003 and earlier, go to Insert menu > Chart, and select a chart type and subtype in step 1 of the Chart Wizard, and click Finish. In Excel 2007 and 2010, simply select a chart type from the Insert tab, then choose the desired subtype.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:55:53 +0000

where is the Create a chart??

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:10:04 +0000

What I have is a pivot table that displays Field1. Then I inserted a Calculated Field = IF (ISBLANK(Field1), NA(), Field1+Field2/6). I guess my problem isn’t really with the chart so much as it is with the pivot table formula – when Field1 is blank, the calculated field = 0. Thanks!

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:38:54 +0000

Leslie -

Aren’t the “blank” cells in the pivot table really blank?

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:50:09 +0000

Thanks, Jon. But that isn’t working. I wonder if it’s because my formula is within the pivot table? It works if the formula is in a cell.