Hi, I have a stacked bar chart that has about 70 different series in the legend, and they are being stacked into about 6 groups across the x-axis. It's dynamic in that the chart pulls the data from columns that I created with the offset function, so I change one number (the offset) and it pulls up a different column of data, so with the same graph I can pull up whichever of the ~40 columns in my worksheet I want to see at that moment. It looks great.
The problem is that it's hard to tell which series is which because there are about 70 in the legend, and there aren't that many colors. For any given offset that I choose, many of the series are actually blank. I would like the legend to only show the non-blank series, but I can't figure out how to do it. I've used the IF function to make the series name blank if it has no data. This helps, because the legend doesn't show the name, but it still shows a color box for it, which takes up space. How can I get it to not even show the box?
I have experimented with having the IF function put a blank or a NA in the series name or in the data values if it's a zero, but this didn't seem to work. The solution needs to be automatic rather than by hand one by one because I'm pulling in so many different columns to graph with my offset. Thanks for any ideas! I'm using Windows XP and Excel 2003.
The problem is that it's hard to tell which series is which because there are about 70 in the legend, and there aren't that many colors. For any given offset that I choose, many of the series are actually blank. I would like the legend to only show the non-blank series, but I can't figure out how to do it. I've used the IF function to make the series name blank if it has no data. This helps, because the legend doesn't show the name, but it still shows a color box for it, which takes up space. How can I get it to not even show the box?
I have experimented with having the IF function put a blank or a NA in the series name or in the data values if it's a zero, but this didn't seem to work. The solution needs to be automatic rather than by hand one by one because I'm pulling in so many different columns to graph with my offset. Thanks for any ideas! I'm using Windows XP and Excel 2003.
