Graphing with forecasted data as a different color

ScienceGirl55

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  1. 365
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I have a data table with month-year in column A and values in column B. I want these in a simple line graph where excel knows that the line is dark blue from Jaunary 1 through todays date and then continues from the day after today to December 31 (same year) as light blue. The idea is to show that on any given day the data up to today is actual and the data from tomorrow through the end of the year is a forecast. (could also be dark blue actual and dark blue dashed for forecasted - whatever works).
 

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How about creating two lines, one for actual, and one for forecast,repeating the last month of actual on the month forecast begins:

WorkBook1.xlsx
ABCD
2
3ActualForecast
41/1/202312
52/1/202312
63/1/202314
74/1/202320
85/1/20232121
96/1/202320
107/1/202314
118/1/202314
129/1/202319
1310/1/202316
1411/1/202317
1512/1/202315
16
17
18
Sheet2



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