Comments on: Using Pivot Table Data for a Chart with a Dual Category Axis http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/ Peltier Tech Excel Charts and Programming Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/comment-page-1/#comment-10386 Jon Peltier Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:09:40 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=60#comment-10386 Leila - I don't really understand the question. A pivot chart by definition contains all the data from one pivot table. You can create the pivot charts (in Excel 2003 & earlier they are added as separate chart sheets) and change their location to objects on the same worksheet. The pivot table that a pivot chart uses can be located on any worksheet, and multiple pivot tables can exist on a single worksheet. Leila -

I don’t really understand the question.

A pivot chart by definition contains all the data from one pivot table.

You can create the pivot charts (in Excel 2003 & earlier they are added as separate chart sheets) and change their location to objects on the same worksheet.

The pivot table that a pivot chart uses can be located on any worksheet, and multiple pivot tables can exist on a single worksheet.

]]> By: Leila http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/comment-page-1/#comment-10383 Leila Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:43:27 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=60#comment-10383 How can I create 2 pivotCharts that contain different data on one worksheet? How can I create 2 pivotCharts that contain different data on one worksheet?

]]> By: Eric http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/comment-page-1/#comment-4175 Eric Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:21:27 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=60#comment-4175 Hi Anon, Could you elaborate on that? Do you mean make a chart, based on a table, based on GetPivotData? If so, how would that be dynamic (without VBA)? Hi Anon,

Could you elaborate on that?

Do you mean make a chart, based on a table, based on GetPivotData? If so, how would that be dynamic (without VBA)?

]]> By: Anonymous http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/comment-page-1/#comment-4026 Anonymous Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:30:33 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=60#comment-4026 well you can do the chart on getpivotdata information and than you can have complete flexibility well you can do the chart on getpivotdata information and than you can have complete flexibility

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Jon Peltier Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:33:11 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=60#comment-403 Tony - Thanks for the comment. Pivot tables are really very powerful, flexible, and fast. They've received an upgrade in Excel 2007, but I haven't played with the new ones enough yet to say anything profound. Pivot charts are powerful in their own right, but inflexible. They've also gotten an upgrade in Excel 2007, and even the ones I made for this post didn't annoy me as much as I recall from the old days (perhaps the new color palette is more of an improvement than I thought). Stay tuned, because I have two more posts coming. One will show how to use dynamic names in the worksheet to update a chart when the pivot table is updated (this works in cases where the number of series does not change), and the next will show how to use VBA for cases when the names won't do it. Tony -

Thanks for the comment. Pivot tables are really very powerful, flexible, and fast. They’ve received an upgrade in Excel 2007, but I haven’t played with the new ones enough yet to say anything profound. Pivot charts are powerful in their own right, but inflexible. They’ve also gotten an upgrade in Excel 2007, and even the ones I made for this post didn’t annoy me as much as I recall from the old days (perhaps the new color palette is more of an improvement than I thought).

Stay tuned, because I have two more posts coming. One will show how to use dynamic names in the worksheet to update a chart when the pivot table is updated (this works in cases where the number of series does not change), and the next will show how to use VBA for cases when the names won’t do it.

]]> By: Tony http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/using-pivot-table-data-for-a-chart-with-a-dual-category-axis/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Tony Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:22:33 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=60#comment-402 Well said! The only thing I may add is a description of what a Pareto chart is and how it is different than a regular column chart in case any readers aren't familiar with the term. One common use of a Pareto is in Six Sigma for DPMO (defects per million opportunities). I am not a fan of the pivot table charting feature because of the same reasons you stated, but I am a huge pivot table fan! I will create a separate version with a custom chart like you created. The power of a pivot is the ability to refresh it to update the data while keeping the same visualization. If you have to recreate the chart, with all the customization every time, it will be very tedious. Great follow up post! Well said! The only thing I may add is a description of what a Pareto chart is and how it is different than a regular column chart in case any readers aren’t familiar with the term. One common use of a Pareto is in Six Sigma for DPMO (defects per million opportunities).

I am not a fan of the pivot table charting feature because of the same reasons you stated, but I am a huge pivot table fan! I will create a separate version with a custom chart like you created. The power of a pivot is the ability to refresh it to update the data while keeping the same visualization. If you have to recreate the chart, with all the customization every time, it will be very tedious.

Great follow up post!

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