Comments on: Two Color XY-Area Combo Chart – Guest Post

By: David Montgomery

David Montgomery — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:15:15 +0000

Thanks Andy! I don’t actually understand how my blog works sometimes, I thought I had told it to allow anonymous comments but I probably forgot to save the settings. It should work now.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:02:15 +0000

Andy -

Thanks for your comments. I left a comment on David’s blog, but I have a WordPress account and signed in using it. Maybe that’s the kind of account it wants?

By: Andy Holaday

Andy Holaday — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:27:09 +0000

Great tips from David and I enjoyed his blog as well. Call me stupid but I can’t seem to comment on his blog directly… I get asked to “Please choose a profile” but none is available.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:55:49 +0000

KC – Thanks. I’ve noticed this as well. I’ll have to see what’s going on.

By: David Montgomery

David Montgomery — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:38:44 +0000

Hi Bob,

I think the first thing that would break the model is changing the size of the primary x-axis. In the workbook I was using, cell D4 has the formula:

=INT(1000*A4/15+0.5)

15 is the maximum value for the primary x-axis, so when your axis gets longer this number needs to be updated for all of column D. That should keep the lines and the areas lined up.

Other than that, just make sure you keep the book ends (first and last 2 rows) on columns G:J. For column G, it should begin with 0, end with 1,000, and the first and last real values should repeat. All 3 area series just need to begin and end with two zero cells.

Hope that helps.

-David

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:23:08 +0000

Hi David,

Greatly appreciate this post as I have a use for this type of chart straight away…
My question is how to add additional rows of data without breaking the model.

Thanks

Bob

By: KC

KC — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:36:23 +0000

Hi Jon

Perhaps you should be notified that all recent PST Blog I received via email, do not show graphs or tables. Not sure if it is my browser’s fault.